diff --git a/libpurple_to_markdown/markdown.py b/libpurple_to_markdown/markdown.py
index 0a1d7e0..b221f5e 100644
--- a/libpurple_to_markdown/markdown.py
+++ b/libpurple_to_markdown/markdown.py
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ def format_message_as_citation(out: list[str], msg: Message) -> None:
     out.append(f'{msg.sent_at.date()} {msg.sent_at.time()} [[{msg.sender}]]:')
     out.append('\n')
     for line in msg.text.strip().split('\n'):
+        normalized = normalize_line(line)
         out.append('>')
-        if line:
+        if normalized:
             out.append(' ')
-            out.append(normalize_line(line))
+            out.append(normalized)
         out.append('\n')
         del line
     out.append('\n')
diff --git a/test/test_markdown_format.py b/test/test_markdown_format.py
index cf46e1e..e4de7cc 100644
--- a/test/test_markdown_format.py
+++ b/test/test_markdown_format.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from libpurple_to_markdown.markdown import format_messages
 NOW = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1_000_000_000, tz=datetime.UTC)
 
 
-TEXT_1 = 'Hello  \n\nWorld  \n  '
+TEXT_1 = 'Hello  \n  \nWorld  \n  '
 
 EXPECTED_1 = """# Test