diff --git a/app/lib/advanced_text_formatter.rb b/app/lib/advanced_text_formatter.rb
index 728400819c..dcaf34b915 100644
--- a/app/lib/advanced_text_formatter.rb
+++ b/app/lib/advanced_text_formatter.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class AdvancedTextFormatter < TextFormatter
     end
 
     def block_code(code, _language)
-      <<~HTML.squish
+      <<~HTML
         <pre><code>#{ERB::Util.h(code).gsub("\n", '<br/>')}</code></pre>
       HTML
     end