diff --git a/applets/pbot-vm/host/lib/SplitLine.pm b/applets/pbot-vm/host/lib/SplitLine.pm
index 72ab6d1d..ec982e28 100644
--- a/applets/pbot-vm/host/lib/SplitLine.pm
+++ b/applets/pbot-vm/host/lib/SplitLine.pm
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ sub split_line ($line, %opts) {
 
         $ch = $chars[$i++];
 
-        my $dquote = $quote // 'undef';
         $spaces = 0 if $ch ne ' ';
 
         if ($escaped) {
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ sub split_line ($line, %opts) {
         }
 
         if ($ch eq ' ') {
-            if (++$spaces > 1 and $opts{keep_spaces}) {
+            if ($opts{keep_spaces} && (++$spaces > 1 || $ch eq "\n")) {
                 $token .= $ch;
                 next;
             } else {
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 2a998f31..70e49e2f 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4825,
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4826,
     BUILD_DATE     => "2024-11-02",
 };