diff --git a/features/step_definitions/steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/steps.rb
index e683807c78..031402915f 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/steps.rb
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def normalize(o)
       item['itemID'] = i
       item.delete('itemID')
       item['attachments'].each{|a| a.delete('path')} if item['attachments']
-      item['note'] = Nokogiri::HTML(item['note']).inner_text.strip if item['note']
+      item['note'] = Nokogiri::HTML(item['note']).inner_text.gsub(/[\s\n]+/, ' ').strip if item['note']
     }
     renum.call(library, newID, false)
     library.normalize!