diff --git a/autoload/zencoding/lang/html.vim b/autoload/zencoding/lang/html.vim
index 731b0cd..37f75bb 100644
--- a/autoload/zencoding/lang/html.vim
+++ b/autoload/zencoding/lang/html.vim
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ function! zencoding#lang#html#toString(settings, current, type, inline, filters,
           endif
         endif
         let inner = zencoding#toString(child, type, 0, filters, itemno)
+        let inner = substitute(inner, "^\n", "", 'g')
         let inner = substitute(inner, "\n", "\n" . indent, 'g')
         let inner = substitute(inner, "\n" . indent . '$', '', 'g')
         let str .= inner