diff --git a/src/serialiser.coffee b/src/serialiser.coffee
index aa2b58c..834d13f 100644
--- a/src/serialiser.coffee
+++ b/src/serialiser.coffee
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class Serialiser
 
     unless typeof serialised is 'string' or serialised is null
       throw new Error("serialiser #{node.type} didn\'t return a string")
+      
+    serialised = serialised.replace /[\s\n]+\\[\s\n]+/g, ' '
 
     serialised