diff --git a/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py b/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py
index 3403749..dceef14 100644
--- a/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py
+++ b/src/djlint/formatter/compress_html.py
@@ -127,5 +127,5 @@ def compress_html(html):
         html,
         re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE,
     )
-    print(html)
+
     return html
diff --git a/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py b/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
index 8d4664d..8197cdb 100644
--- a/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
+++ b/src/djlint/formatter/indent_html.py
@@ -121,9 +121,10 @@ def indent_html(rawcode):
         else:
             tmp = (indent * indent_level) + item + "\n"
 
-        # we can try to fix django tags
-        tmp = re.sub(r"({[{|%])(\w[^}].+?)([}|%]})", r"\1 \2\3", tmp)
-        tmp = re.sub(r"({[{|%])([^}].+?[^ ])([}|%]})", r"\1\2 \3", tmp)
+        # we can try to fix template tags
+        tmp = re.sub(r"({[{|%]\-?)(\w[^}].+?)([}|%]})", r"\1 \2\3", tmp)
+        tmp = re.sub(r"({[{|%])([^}].+?[^(?: |\-)])([}|%]})", r"\1\2 \3", tmp)
+        tmp = re.sub(r"({[{|%])([^}].+?[^ ])(\-[}|%]})", r"\1\2 \3", tmp)
 
         # handlebars templates
         tmp = re.sub(r"({{#(?:each|if).+?[^ ])(}})", r"\1 \2", tmp)
diff --git a/src/djlint/rules.yaml b/src/djlint/rules.yaml
index 80758db..64e6869 100644
--- a/src/djlint/rules.yaml
+++ b/src/djlint/rules.yaml
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
     patterns:
     # open
     - '{{[^\s#/@^]+'
-    - '{%[^\s]+'
+    - '{%-[^\s]+'
+    - '{%[^\s|\-]+'
     # handlebars
     - '[^{]{#[^\s]+|^{#[^\s]+'
     - '[^{]{\/[^\s]+|^{\/[^\s]+'
     - '[^{]{\@[^\s]+|^{\@[^\s]+'
     # close
-    - '[^(\s|^)]+[}|%|#]}'
+    - '[^(\s|^|\-)]+[}|%|#]}'
+    - '[^(\s|^)]+\-[}|%|#]}'
     - \s{2,}[}|%|#]}
     - '{[{|%|#]\s{2,}'
 - rule:
diff --git a/tests/test_djlint.py b/tests/test_djlint.py
index ff7a8e1..9389fbd 100644
--- a/tests/test_djlint.py
+++ b/tests/test_djlint.py
@@ -90,6 +90,20 @@ def test_E001(runner, tmp_file):
     assert "E001 1:" in result.output
     assert "E001 2:" in result.output
 
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"{%- test-%}")
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "E001 1:" in result.output
+
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"{%-test -%}")
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "E001 1:" in result.output
+
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"{%- test -%}")
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
 
 def test_E002(runner, tmp_file):
     write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"{% extends 'this' %}")
@@ -367,3 +381,24 @@ def test_dj_comments_tag(runner, tmp_file):
         open(tmp_file.name).read()
         == """{# comment #}\n{% if this %}<div></div>{% endif %}\n"""
     )
+
+
+def test_template_tags(runner, tmp_file):
+    # njk tag
+    write_to_file(
+        tmp_file.name,
+        b"""{%- set posts = collections.docs -%}""",
+    )
+    runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name, "--reformat"])
+    assert open(tmp_file.name).read() == """{%- set posts = collections.docs -%}\n"""
+
+    # ensure spaces are added
+    write_to_file(
+        tmp_file.name,
+        b"""{%-set posts = collections.docs-%}\n{%asdf%}""",
+    )
+    runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name, "--reformat"])
+    assert (
+        open(tmp_file.name).read()
+        == """{%- set posts = collections.docs -%}\n{% asdf %}\n"""
+    )