diff --git a/debug_me.py b/debug_me.py
index d7c6577..635b087 100644
--- a/debug_me.py
+++ b/debug_me.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 def simple_func(x):
     x += 1
 
diff --git a/pudb/source_view.py b/pudb/source_view.py
index d077ec3..bb78539 100644
--- a/pudb/source_view.py
+++ b/pudb/source_view.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def format_source(debugger_ui, lines, breakpoints):
                     shipout_line()
 
         highlight("".join(l.replace("\t", 8*" ") for l in lines),
-                PythonLexer(), UrwidFormatter())
+                PythonLexer(stripnl=False), UrwidFormatter())
 
         return result