diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/facteditor.py b/ankiqt/ui/facteditor.py
index af3f1cb86..efb0a53bc 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/facteditor.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/facteditor.py
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class FactEditor(object):
             old = tidyHTML(unicode(w.toHtml()))
             # only update if something has changed, to preserve the cursor
             if new != old:
-                w.setHtml(new)
+                w.setHtml('<meta name="qrichtext" content="1"/>' + new)
             if font:
                 # apply fonts
                 font = QFont()
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ class FactEdit(QTextEdit):
         html = re.sub('<style type="text/css">.*?</style>', "", html)
         html = stripHTML(html)
         html = html.replace("\n", "<br>")
-        html = re.sub("\s\s+", " ", html).strip()
+        html = html.strip()
         return html
 
     def focusOutEvent(self, evt):
diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/view.py b/ankiqt/ui/view.py
index 981fdf1b8..273d47658 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/view.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/view.py
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ class View(object):
                             (base, family, size, color))
         s += ("body { background-color: " +
               self.main.config["backgroundColour"] +
-              "; }")
+              ";}\n")
+        s += "div { white-space: pre-wrap; }"
         s += "</style>"
         return s