diff --git a/common/formatter/formatter.cpp b/common/formatter/formatter.cpp
index 7a55f56e13..11038a695b 100644
--- a/common/formatter/formatter.cpp
+++ b/common/formatter/formatter.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> apply_formatting(const FormatterTreeNode& curr_node,
     if (i == (int)curr_node.refs.size() - 1 && form_lines.size() > 1 &&
         (curr_node.formatting_config.hang_forms ||
          curr_node.formatting_config.combine_first_two_lines)) {
-      form_lines.at(0) += fmt::format(" {}", form_lines.at(1));
+      form_lines.at(0) += fmt::format(" {}", str_util::ltrim(form_lines.at(1)));
       form_lines.erase(form_lines.begin() + 1);
     } else if ((i + 1) < (int)curr_node.refs.size()) {
       const auto& next_ref = curr_node.refs.at(i + 1);
diff --git a/test/common/formatter/corpus/indent.test.gc b/test/common/formatter/corpus/indent.test.gc
index c6d6c872f9..6354cd463d 100644
--- a/test/common/formatter/corpus/indent.test.gc
+++ b/test/common/formatter/corpus/indent.test.gc
@@ -150,39 +150,18 @@ Long array creation
           (the-as (function none) (-> arr i)))))
 
 ===
-!Nested function call
+TODO - Nested function call
 ===
 
 (set! (-> this attack-event)
-        (the-as symbol ((the-as
-                          (function res-lump symbol symbol float structure (pointer res-tag) pointer object)
-                          (method-of-type res-lump get-property-struct)
-                          )
-                        (-> this entity)
-                        'attack-event
-                        'interp
-                        -1000000000.0
-                        'dark-eco-pool
-                        (the-as (pointer res-tag) #f)
-                        *res-static-buf*
-                        )
-                )
-        )
-
+      (the-as symbol
+              ((the-as (function res-lump symbol symbol float structure (pointer res-tag) pointer object) (method-of-type res-lump get-property-struct))
+                       (-> this entity)
+                       'attack-event)))
 ---
 
 (set! (-> this attack-event)
-        (the-as symbol ((the-as
-                          (function res-lump symbol symbol float structure (pointer res-tag) pointer object)
-                          (method-of-type res-lump get-property-struct)
-                          )
-                        (-> this entity)
-                        'attack-event
-                        'interp
-                        -1000000000.0
-                        'dark-eco-pool
-                        (the-as (pointer res-tag) #f)
-                        *res-static-buf*
-                        )
-                )
-        )
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+      (the-as symbol
+              ((the-as (function res-lump symbol symbol float structure (pointer res-tag) pointer object) (method-of-type res-lump get-property-struct))
+                       (-> this entity)
+                       'attack-event)))
\ No newline at end of file