diff --git a/inkcpp/output.cpp b/inkcpp/output.cpp
index b9b56c48..5d776d90 100644
--- a/inkcpp/output.cpp
+++ b/inkcpp/output.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ void basic_stream::append(const value& in)
 	if ((in.type() == value_type::glue || in.type() == value_type::func_end) && _size > 1) {
 		// Run backwards
 		size_t i = _size - 2;
+		int func_end_cnt = 0;
 		while (true) {
 			value& d = _data[i];
 
@@ -76,7 +77,11 @@ void basic_stream::append(const value& in)
 			// Nullify whitespace
 			else if (d.type() == value_type::string && ::ink::internal::is_whitespace(d.get<value_type::string>()))
 				d = value{};
-			else if (d.type() == value_type::func_start || d.type() == value_type::func_end) {}
+			else if (d.type() == value_type::func_end) {
+				func_end_cnt ++;
+			} else if (d.type() == value_type::func_start && func_end_cnt > 0) {
+				func_end_cnt --;
+			}
 
 			// If it's not a newline or whitespace, stop
 			else