diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Native.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Native.hs
index 2ebe83d6b..d2b56cd17 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Native.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Native.hs
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ writeNative opts (Pandoc meta blocks) =
                     else Nothing
       withHead = if writerStandalone opts
                     then \bs -> text ("Pandoc " ++ "(" ++ show meta ++ ")") $$
-                           bs <> cr
+                           bs $$ cr
                     else id
   in  render colwidth $ withHead $ prettyList $ map prettyBlock blocks
diff --git a/tests/html-reader.native b/tests/html-reader.native
index 8ba3bf19c..1510d5d7c 100644
--- a/tests/html-reader.native
+++ b/tests/html-reader.native
@@ -336,4 +336,4 @@ Pandoc (Meta {docTitle = [Str "Pandoc",Space,Str "Test",Space,Str "Suite"], docA
 ,Para [Link [Str "(longnote)"] ("#ref_longnote",""),Space,Str "Here",Str "'",Str "s",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "other",Space,Str "note",Str ".",Space,Str "This",Space,Str "one",Space,Str "contains",Space,Str "multiple",Space,Str "blocks",Str "."]
 ,Para [Str "Caret",Space,Str "characters",Space,Str "are",Space,Str "used",Space,Str "to",Space,Str "indicate",Space,Str "that",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "blocks",Space,Str "all",Space,Str "belong",Space,Str "to",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "single",Space,Str "footnote",Space,Str "(as",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "block",Space,Str "quotes)",Str "."]
 ,CodeBlock ("",[],[]) "  { <code> }"
-,Para [Str "If",Space,Str "you",Space,Str "want,",Space,Str "you",Space,Str "can",Space,Str "use",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "caret",Space,Str "at",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "beginning",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "every",Space,Str "line,",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "blockquotes,",Space,Str "but",Space,Str "all",Space,Str "that",Space,Str "you",Space,Str "need",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "caret",Space,Str "at",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "beginning",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "first",Space,Str "line",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "block",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "any",Space,Str "preceding",Space,Str "blank",Space,Str "lines",Str "."]]
\ No newline at end of file
+,Para [Str "If",Space,Str "you",Space,Str "want,",Space,Str "you",Space,Str "can",Space,Str "use",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "caret",Space,Str "at",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "beginning",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "every",Space,Str "line,",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "blockquotes,",Space,Str "but",Space,Str "all",Space,Str "that",Space,Str "you",Space,Str "need",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "caret",Space,Str "at",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "beginning",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "first",Space,Str "line",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "block",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "any",Space,Str "preceding",Space,Str "blank",Space,Str "lines",Str "."]]
diff --git a/tests/latex-reader.native b/tests/latex-reader.native
index 405a80c9e..79c48fca0 100644
--- a/tests/latex-reader.native
+++ b/tests/latex-reader.native
@@ -363,4 +363,4 @@ Pandoc (Meta {docTitle = [Str "Pandoc",Space,Str "Test",Space,Str "Suite"], docA
  [Para [Str "Notes",Space,Str "can",Space,Str "go",Space,Str "in",Space,Str "quotes.",Note [Para [Str "In",Space,Str "quote."]]]]
 ,OrderedList (1,Decimal,Period)
  [[Para [Str "And",Space,Str "in",Space,Str "list",Space,Str "items.",Note [Para [Str "In",Space,Str "list."]]]]]
-,Para [Str "This",Space,Str "paragraph",Space,Str "should",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "be",Space,Str "part",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "note,",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "it",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "indented."]]
\ No newline at end of file
+,Para [Str "This",Space,Str "paragraph",Space,Str "should",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "be",Space,Str "part",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "note,",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "it",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "indented."]]
diff --git a/tests/rst-reader.native b/tests/rst-reader.native
index c74346dd9..1134cb245 100644
--- a/tests/rst-reader.native
+++ b/tests/rst-reader.native
@@ -304,4 +304,4 @@ Pandoc (Meta {docTitle = [Str "Pandoc",Space,Str "Test",Space,Str "Suite",Str ":
 ,Para [Note [Para [Str "Note",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "continuation",Space,Str "line",Str "."]]]
 ,Para [Note [Para [Str "Note",Space,Str "with"],Para [Str "continuation",Space,Str "block",Str "."]]]
 ,Para [Note [Para [Str "Note",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "continuation",Space,Str "line"],Para [Str "and",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "second",Space,Str "para",Str "."]]]
-,Para [Str "Not",Space,Str "in",Space,Str "note",Str "."]]
\ No newline at end of file
+,Para [Str "Not",Space,Str "in",Space,Str "note",Str "."]]
diff --git a/tests/s5.native b/tests/s5.native
index 8caca5423..020ee4079 100644
--- a/tests/s5.native
+++ b/tests/s5.native
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Pandoc (Meta {docTitle = [Str "My",Space,Str "S5",Space,Str "Document"], docAuth
  ,[Plain [Str "second",Space,Str "bullet"]]]
 ,Header 1 [Str "Math"]
 ,BulletList
- [[Plain [Math InlineMath "\\frac{d}{dx}f(x)=\\lim_{h\\to 0}\\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}"]]]]
\ No newline at end of file
+ [[Plain [Math InlineMath "\\frac{d}{dx}f(x)=\\lim_{h\\to 0}\\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}"]]]]
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.native b/tests/testsuite.native
index 7f0997576..072849bbf 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.native
+++ b/tests/testsuite.native
@@ -393,4 +393,4 @@ Pandoc (Meta {docTitle = [Str "Pandoc",Space,Str "Test",Space,Str "Suite"], docA
  [Para [Str "Notes",Space,Str "can",Space,Str "go",Space,Str "in",Space,Str "quotes",Str ".",Note [Para [Str "In",Space,Str "quote",Str "."]]]]
 ,OrderedList (1,Decimal,Period)
  [[Plain [Str "And",Space,Str "in",Space,Str "list",Space,Str "items",Str ".",Note [Para [Str "In",Space,Str "list",Str "."]]]]]
-,Para [Str "This",Space,Str "paragraph",Space,Str "should",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "be",Space,Str "part",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "note",Str ",",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "it",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "indented",Str "."]]
\ No newline at end of file
+,Para [Str "This",Space,Str "paragraph",Space,Str "should",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "be",Space,Str "part",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "note",Str ",",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "it",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "indented",Str "."]]
diff --git a/tests/textile-reader.native b/tests/textile-reader.native
index d7c4fc184..f571c149a 100644
--- a/tests/textile-reader.native
+++ b/tests/textile-reader.native
@@ -142,4 +142,4 @@ Pandoc (Meta {docTitle = [], docAuthors = [], docDate = []})
 ,Para [Str "\174",Space,Str "Hi",Str "\174"]
 ,Para [Str "Hi",Str "\169",Str "2008",Space,Str "\169",Space,Str "2008"]
 ,Header 1 [Str "Footnotes"]
-,Para [Str "A",Space,Str "note",Str ".",Note [Para [Str "The",Space,Str "note",LineBreak,Str "is",Space,Str "here",Str "!"]]]]
\ No newline at end of file
+,Para [Str "A",Space,Str "note",Str ".",Note [Para [Str "The",Space,Str "note",LineBreak,Str "is",Space,Str "here",Str "!"]]]]
diff --git a/tests/writer.native b/tests/writer.native
index 7f0997576..072849bbf 100644
--- a/tests/writer.native
+++ b/tests/writer.native
@@ -393,4 +393,4 @@ Pandoc (Meta {docTitle = [Str "Pandoc",Space,Str "Test",Space,Str "Suite"], docA
  [Para [Str "Notes",Space,Str "can",Space,Str "go",Space,Str "in",Space,Str "quotes",Str ".",Note [Para [Str "In",Space,Str "quote",Str "."]]]]
 ,OrderedList (1,Decimal,Period)
  [[Plain [Str "And",Space,Str "in",Space,Str "list",Space,Str "items",Str ".",Note [Para [Str "In",Space,Str "list",Str "."]]]]]
-,Para [Str "This",Space,Str "paragraph",Space,Str "should",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "be",Space,Str "part",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "note",Str ",",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "it",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "indented",Str "."]]
\ No newline at end of file
+,Para [Str "This",Space,Str "paragraph",Space,Str "should",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "be",Space,Str "part",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "note",Str ",",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "it",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "not",Space,Str "indented",Str "."]]