diff --git a/dist/nomnoml.js b/dist/nomnoml.js
index a2d931f..586c234 100644
--- a/dist/nomnoml.js
+++ b/dist/nomnoml.js
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ var nomnoml;
             }
             for (var _i = 0, gridcells_1 = gridcells; _i < gridcells_1.length; _i++) {
                 var comp = gridcells_1[_i];
-                if (!isEnd(comp) && isRowBreak(comp)) {
+                if (!isEnd(comp) && isRowBreak(comp) && nomnoml.skanaar.last(rows).length) {
                     rows.push([]);
                 }
                 else if (isRowFull(comp)) {
diff --git a/src/visuals.ts b/src/visuals.ts
index 76336d4..4982c3b 100644
--- a/src/visuals.ts
+++ b/src/visuals.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ namespace nomnoml {
         return comp == skanaar.last(gridcells)
       }
       for (var comp of gridcells) {
-        if (!isEnd(comp) && isRowBreak(comp)) {
+        if (!isEnd(comp) && isRowBreak(comp) && skanaar.last(rows).length) {
           rows.push([])
         } else if (isRowFull(comp)) {
           rows.push([comp])