diff --git a/AssemblyVersion.cs b/AssemblyVersion.cs
index b9ad570..3d3f31f 100644
--- a/AssemblyVersion.cs
+++ b/AssemblyVersion.cs
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ using System.Reflection;
 //
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Revision and Build Numbers 
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.0.1.437")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.0.1.437")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.0.1.438")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.0.1.438")]
diff --git a/Core/Formatter.cs b/Core/Formatter.cs
index a1831c7..b04fb6d 100644
--- a/Core/Formatter.cs
+++ b/Core/Formatter.cs
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@ namespace ScrewTurn.Wiki {
 				match = CommentRegex.Match(sb.ToString());
 				while(match.Success) {
 					sb.Remove(match.Index, match.Length);
+					sb.Insert(match.Index, " "); // This prevents the creation of additional blank lines
 					match = CommentRegex.Match(sb.ToString(), match.Index + 1);
 				}
 			}