diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeReplyContentView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeReplyContentView.swift
index d7c458a1..9a37ee70 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeReplyContentView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeReplyContentView.swift
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ struct ComposeReplyContentView: UIViewRepresentable {
         view.adjustsFontForContentSizeCategory = true
         
         view.overrideMastodonController = mastodonController
-        view.attributedText = TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell.htmlConverter.convert(status.content)
-        
+        let content = TimelineStatusCollectionViewCell.htmlConverter.convert(status.content)
+        let collapsedContent = NSMutableAttributedString(attributedString: content)
+        collapsedContent.collapseWhitespace()
+        collapsedContent.trimLeadingCharactersInSet(.whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        collapsedContent.trimTrailingCharactersInSet(.whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        view.attributedText = collapsedContent
+
         return view
     }