diff --git a/lib/src/css_printer.dart b/lib/src/css_printer.dart
index 14c1f8c..c434caf 100644
--- a/lib/src/css_printer.dart
+++ b/lib/src/css_printer.dart
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   /** Returns the output buffer. */
   String toString() => _buff.toString().trim();
 
-  String get _newLine => prettyPrint ? '\n' : ' ';
+  String get _newLine => prettyPrint ? '\n' : '';
   String get _sp => prettyPrint ? ' ' : '';
 
   // TODO(terry): When adding obfuscation we'll need isOptimized (compact w/
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
   void visitRuleSet(RuleSet node) {
     emit("$_newLine");
     node._selectorGroup.visit(this);
-    emit(" {$_newLine");
+    emit("$_sp{$_newLine");
     node._declarationGroup.visit(this);
     emit("}");
   }
diff --git a/test/declaration_test.dart b/test/declaration_test.dart
index ab1f70d..56473cc 100644
--- a/test/declaration_test.dart
+++ b/test/declaration_test.dart
@@ -852,9 +852,15 @@
   final String input = r'''
 div {
   color: green !important;
+  background: red blue green;
+}
+.foo p[bar] {
+  color: blue;
 }
 ''';
-  final String generated = "div { color:green!important; }";
+  final String generated =
+      'div{color:green!important;background:red blue green;}'
+      '.foo p[bar]{color:blue;}';
 
   var stylesheet = parseCss(input, errors: errors);