diff --git a/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py b/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py
index 420a81b..2f395b7 100644
--- a/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py
+++ b/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ def _strip_html_whitespace(html: str, config: Config) -> str:
     rawcode_flat = ""
     is_block_ignored = False
     is_group_ignored = False
+    lstrip = False
 
     for item in html.strip().splitlines():
+        # we can left strip ignored blocks on the opening tag.
+        lstrip = not is_group_ignored and bool(
+            re.search(config.ignored_group_opening, item, re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE)
+        )
 
         # start of ignored block. If we are already in an ingored block, keep true.
         is_group_ignored = is_group_ignored or bool(
@@ -52,6 +57,9 @@ def _strip_html_whitespace(html: str, config: Config) -> str:
             tmp = _clean_line(item)
             is_block_ignored = True
 
+        elif lstrip:
+            tmp = item.lstrip()
+
         elif is_group_ignored or is_block_ignored:
             tmp = item
 
@@ -63,6 +71,7 @@ def _strip_html_whitespace(html: str, config: Config) -> str:
             re.search(config.ignored_group_closing, item, re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE)
         ):
             is_group_ignored = False
+            lstrip = False
 
         rawcode_flat = rawcode_flat + tmp + "\n"
 
diff --git a/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py b/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
index 2994b2f..05c1992 100644
--- a/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
+++ b/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def indent_html(rawcode: str, config: Config) -> str:
 
     beautified_code = ""
     indent_level = 0
+    is_raw_first_line = False
     is_block_raw = False
 
     slt_html = config.break_html_tags
@@ -27,6 +28,12 @@ def indent_html(rawcode: str, config: Config) -> str:
     slt_template = config.single_line_template_tags
 
     for item in rawcode_flat_list:
+        # if a raw tag first line
+        if not is_block_raw and re.search(
+            config.ignored_group_opening, item, re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE
+        ):
+            is_raw_first_line = True
+
         # if a raw tag then start ignoring
         if re.search(config.ignored_group_opening, item, re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE):
             is_block_raw = True
@@ -97,6 +104,9 @@ def indent_html(rawcode: str, config: Config) -> str:
             tmp = (indent * indent_level) + item + "\n"
             indent_level = indent_level + 1
 
+        elif is_raw_first_line is True:
+            tmp = (indent * indent_level) + item + "\n"
+
         elif is_block_raw is True:
             tmp = item + "\n"
 
@@ -122,6 +132,7 @@ def indent_html(rawcode: str, config: Config) -> str:
             re.search(config.ignored_group_opening, item, re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE)
         ) or re.search(config.ignored_block_opening, item, re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE):
             is_block_raw = True
+            is_raw_first_line = False
 
         # if a normal tag, we can try to expand attributes
         elif (
diff --git a/tests/test_html.py b/tests/test_html.py
index 35aa5bb..236b833 100644
--- a/tests/test_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_html.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_textarea_tag(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
     assert (
         Path(tmp_file.name).read_text()
         == """<div>
-<textarea>
+    <textarea>
 asdf
   asdf</textarea>
 </div>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def test_html_comments_tag(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
         Path(tmp_file.name).read_text()
         == """<div>
     <!-- asdf-->
-   <!--
+    <!--
  multi
 line
 comment-->