diff --git a/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py b/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py
index f8b7baa..5979ce3 100644
--- a/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py
+++ b/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py
@@ -43,4 +43,16 @@ def compress_html(html: str, config: Config) -> str:
         html,
     )
 
+    # should we add blank lines after load tags?
+    if config.blank_line_after_tag:
+        for tag in [x.strip() for x in config.blank_line_after_tag.split(",")]:
+            html = re.sub(
+                re.compile(
+                    fr"((?:{{%\s*?{tag}[^}}]+?%}}\n?)+)",
+                    re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL,
+                ),
+                r"\1\n",
+                html,
+            )
+
     return html
diff --git a/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py b/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
index 8098741..a4e48b5 100644
--- a/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
+++ b/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
@@ -110,13 +110,9 @@ def indent_html(rawcode: str, config: Config) -> str:
         elif is_raw_first_line is True:
             tmp = (indent * indent_level) + item + "\n"
 
-        elif is_block_raw is True:
+        elif is_block_raw is True or item.strip() == "":
             tmp = item + "\n"
 
-        # if just a blank line
-        elif item.strip() == "":
-            tmp = item.strip()
-
         # otherwise, just leave same level
         else:
             tmp = (indent * indent_level) + item + "\n"
@@ -160,16 +156,4 @@ def indent_html(rawcode: str, config: Config) -> str:
 
         beautified_code = beautified_code + tmp
 
-    # should we add blank lines after load tags?
-    if config.blank_line_after_tag:
-        for tag in [x.strip() for x in config.blank_line_after_tag.split(",")]:
-            beautified_code = re.sub(
-                re.compile(
-                    fr"((?:{{%\s*?{tag}[^}}]+?%}}\n?)+)",
-                    re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL,
-                ),
-                r"\1\n",
-                beautified_code,
-            )
-
     return beautified_code.strip() + "\n"
diff --git a/src/djlint/lint.py b/src/djlint/lint.py
index 19b95a4..fb90539 100644
--- a/src/djlint/lint.py
+++ b/src/djlint/lint.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def lint_file(config: Config, this_file: Path) -> Dict:
 
             # rule H025 is a special case where the output must be an even num.
             if rule["name"] == "H025":
-                open_tags = []
+                open_tags: List[re.Match] = []
 
                 for match in re.finditer(
                     re.compile(
diff --git a/tests/config_blank_lines_after_tag/html_five.html b/tests/config_blank_lines_after_tag/html_five.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..036ee35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/config_blank_lines_after_tag/html_five.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<tr>
+    <td rowspan="{{ quality.row_span }}">{% include "common/pdfs/partials/display_quality_improvements.html" %}
+    </td>
+</tr>
diff --git a/tests/config_blank_lines_after_tag/html_three.html b/tests/config_blank_lines_after_tag/html_three.html
index a85633d..83be9a8 100644
--- a/tests/config_blank_lines_after_tag/html_three.html
+++ b/tests/config_blank_lines_after_tag/html_three.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="tab-cnt">
     <div class="tab-dta active" id="details">
         <div class="em-grid">{% include "pages/task/details_source.html.j2" %}
-</div>
+        </div>
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 451fde8..430355f 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ run::
 
 for a single test, run::
 
-   pytest tests/test_config.py::test_indent --cov=src/djlint \
+   pytest tests/test_config.py::test_blank_lines_after_tag --cov=src/djlint \
      --cov-branch --cov-report xml:coverage.xml --cov-report term-missing
 
 """
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ def test_blank_lines_after_tag(runner: CliRunner) -> None:
     result = runner.invoke(
         djlint, ["tests/config_blank_lines_after_tag/html.html", "--check"]
     )
-
     assert (
         """+{% extends "nothing.html" %}
 +
@@ -141,6 +140,12 @@ def test_blank_lines_after_tag(runner: CliRunner) -> None:
         in result.output
     )
 
+    # something perfect should stay perfect :)
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        djlint, ["tests/config_blank_lines_after_tag/html_five.html", "--check"]
+    )
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
 
 def test_profile(runner: CliRunner) -> None:
     result = runner.invoke(djlint, ["tests/config_profile/html.html"])