diff --git a/src/cli/edit.go b/src/cli/edit.go
index a9e46c4..48060a2 100644
--- a/src/cli/edit.go
+++ b/src/cli/edit.go
@@ -138,6 +138,6 @@ func editNote(baseNote []string) ([]string, bool) {
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(offline.RemoveTrailingEmptyStrings(note), baseNote) {
 		return note, true
 	} else {
-		return note, false
+		return []string{}, false
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/entryReader.go b/src/cli/entryReader.go
index c4ca6d6..57bd91a 100644
--- a/src/cli/entryReader.go
+++ b/src/cli/entryReader.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func EntryReader(decryptedEntry []string, hidePassword bool, sync bool) {
 			for field := 3; field < len(decryptedEntry); field++ {
 				markdownNotes = append(markdownNotes, decryptedEntry[field])
 			}
-			r, _ := glamour.NewTermRenderer(glamour.WithStylesFromJSONBytes(glamourStyle()))
+			r, _ := glamour.NewTermRenderer(glamour.WithStylesFromJSONBytes(glamourStyle()), glamour.WithPreservedNewLines())
 			markdownNotesString, _ := r.Render(strings.Join(markdownNotes, "\n"))
 
 			// print markdown-rendered notes
diff --git a/src/offline/gpg.go b/src/offline/gpg.go
index 26ba3bd..d01b944 100644
--- a/src/offline/gpg.go
+++ b/src/offline/gpg.go
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ func DecryptGPG(targetLocation string) []string {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	outputSlice := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
-	for i, lineData := range outputSlice {
-		outputSlice[i] = strings.TrimRight(lineData, " \t") // remove trailing whitespace
-	}
 	return outputSlice
 }