diff --git a/src/sentences/sentence_splitting.jl b/src/sentences/sentence_splitting.jl
index 0f58147..8a89a5d 100644
--- a/src/sentences/sentence_splitting.jl
+++ b/src/sentences/sentence_splitting.jl
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ function rulebased_split_sentences(sentences)
     sentences = replace(sentences, r"([?!.])\s" => Base.SubstitutionString("\\1\n"))
 
     sentences = postproc_splits(sentences)
-    split(sentences, "\n")
+    split(sentences, "\n"; keepempty=false)
 end
 
 
-
 function replace_til_no_change(input, pattern, replacement)
     while(occursin(pattern, input))
         input = replace(input, pattern => replacement)
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ function postproc_splits(sentences::AbstractString)
     # Before we do anything remove windows line-ends
     sentences = replace(sentences, "\r" => "")
 
-
     # breaks sometimes missing after "?", "safe" cases
     sentences = replace(sentences, r"\b([a-z]+\?) ([A-Z][a-z]+)\b" => Base.SubstitutionString("\\1\n\\2"))
     # breaks sometimes missing after "." separated with extra space, "safe" cases