diff --git a/ExampleCode/strings_across_lines.skiy b/ExampleCode/strings_across_lines.skiy
index 63d29b2..b1614fe 100644
--- a/ExampleCode/strings_across_lines.skiy
+++ b/ExampleCode/strings_across_lines.skiy
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-print("This string 
+print("This string
        has been written
-       across several
+         across several
        lines.")
diff --git a/PySkiylia/Lexer.py b/PySkiylia/Lexer.py
index c195cda..5c2cf22 100644
--- a/PySkiylia/Lexer.py
+++ b/PySkiylia/Lexer.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def findIdentifier(self):
 
     #define a way of fetching a string from sourcecode
     def findString(self):
-        startIndent = self.char
+        si = self.char
         #keep going until we hit the end of the code, or the string terminator
         while not self.match('"', peek=True):
             #we support multi-line strings, so if we find a newline, increment the line counter
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ def findString(self):
         #fetch the contents of the string, removing the leading and trailing identifiers
         stringVal = self.source[self.start+1:self.current-1]
         #remove any whitespace that occured due to newlines
-        stringVal = " \n".join([x.strip() for x in stringVal.split("\n")])
+        if "\n" in stringVal:
+            sv = stringVal.split("\n")
+            stringVal = " \n".join([sv[0]]+[x[si:] for x in sv[1:]])
         #create the token and return it
         return self.addToken("String", stringVal)