diff --git a/obs-service-format_spec_file.changes b/obs-service-format_spec_file.changes
index c1fe3b7..3ad932c 100644
--- a/obs-service-format_spec_file.changes
+++ b/obs-service-format_spec_file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  9 10:36:01 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- fix the whitespace after the preamble
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb  6 12:33:12 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/prepare_spec b/prepare_spec
index b100e5a..2c4756a 100644
--- a/prepare_spec
+++ b/prepare_spec
@@ -674,12 +674,14 @@ print "# needsrootforbuild\n" if $needsrootforbuild;
 print "# needsbinariesforbuild\n" if $needsbinariesforbuild;
 print "# nodebuginfo\n" if $nodebuginfo;
 print "# icecream $icecreamforbuild\n" if $icecreamforbuild ne '';
-print "\n" if ($needsrootforbuild || $needsbinariesforbuild || $nodebuginfo || $icecreamforbuild ne '');
+#print "\n" if ($needsrootforbuild || $needsbinariesforbuild || $nodebuginfo || $icecreamforbuild ne '');
 
-while ($oldspec[0] eq "XXXBLANKLINE") {
+while ($oldspec[0] eq "XXXBLANKLINE" || $oldspec[0] eq "XXXDOUBLELINE") {
   shift @oldspec;
 }
 
+print "\n\n";
+
 my $license_unique = !grep { $_ ne $main_license } values %seen_licenses;
 my $groups_unique = !grep { $_ ne $main_group } values %seen_groups;
 # we need to have unique groups in the spec file as long as we support SLE11 ;(
@@ -689,6 +691,7 @@ my $first_summary = 1;
 my $line;
 while (@oldspec) {
     $line = shift @oldspec;
+
     if ($line eq "XXXBLANKLINE") {
 	print "\n" unless $oldspec[0] && ($oldspec[0] =~ m/^XXX.*LINE/ || $oldspec[0] =~ /^\s*$/ || $oldspec[0] =~ /^\n/);
     } elsif ($line eq "XXXDOUBLELINE") {