diff --git a/src/sbbs3/filedat.c b/src/sbbs3/filedat.c
index caeca837d43b704b47497d9ea967abe282bf57f4..09d97ee35ad252264d02a1bb16fc001dd2ea7c30 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/filedat.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/filedat.c
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ char* format_diz(str_list_t lines, char* str, size_t maxlen, bool allow_ansi)
 			strip_ctrl(lines[i], lines[i]);
 		}
 	}
+	strListFastDeleteBlanks(lines);
 	return strListCombine(lines, str, maxlen, "\r\n");
 }