diff --git a/app/.gitkeep b/app/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/composer-valid-roll.gjs b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/composer-valid-roll.gjs
index 3c0aaf1..4acc4f3 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/composer-valid-roll.gjs
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/composer-valid-roll.gjs
@@ -94,9 +94,13 @@ export default class ComposerValidRoll extends Component {
         .filter(Boolean);
       rolls.forEach((roll) => {
         try {
+          // TODO: Handle descriptions separately. parser won't be able to handle 2d20+4 // test
+          // see https://github.com/dice-roller/rpg-dice-roller/issues/287
           rpgDiceRoller.Parser.parse(roll);
         } catch (err) {
           this.errors.push(err);
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.warn("Rollmaster: Error parsing notation", roll, err);
         }
       });
     });
diff --git a/lib/rollmaster/dice_engine.rb b/lib/rollmaster/dice_engine.rb
index 882497e..dcb9d11 100644
--- a/lib/rollmaster/dice_engine.rb
+++ b/lib/rollmaster/dice_engine.rb
@@ -29,13 +29,49 @@ def self.roll(*diceRolls)
       result
     end
 
+    # Formats the notation of the dice rolls.
+    # Note: this does not actually reorder the dice rolls, it just formats them by removing
+    # whitespace and ensuring the notation is valid.
+    def self.format_notation(*diceRolls)
+      result = nil
+      protect do
+        context = v8
+        result = context.call("formatNotation", *diceRolls)
+      end
+      if result.is_a?(Hash) && result["type"] == "error"
+        raise Rollmaster::DiceEngine::RollError.new(result["msg"])
+      end
+      result
+    end
+
     def self.attach_function(ctx)
       ctx.eval <<~JS
         function roll(...diceRolls) {
           const roller = new rpgDiceRoller.DiceRoller;
           try {
             roller.roll(...diceRolls);
-            return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(roller.log))
+            return roller.log.map((r) => {
+              const output = r.output;
+              const start = output.lastIndexOf(': ');
+              return output.substring(start + 2);
+            });
+          } catch (e) {
+            return {
+              type: "error",
+              name: e.name,
+              msg: e.message,
+            };
+          }
+        }
+
+        function formatNotation(...diceRolls) {
+          const parse = rpgDiceRoller.Parser.parse;
+          const formatted = [];
+          try {
+            diceRolls.forEach((notation) => {
+              const parsed = parse(notation);
+              formatted.push(format(parsed));
+            });
           } catch (e) {
             return {
               type: "error",
@@ -43,6 +79,31 @@ def self.attach_function(ctx)
               msg: e.message,
             };
           }
+          return formatted;
+        }
+
+        function format(expressions) {
+          removeDescription(expressions);
+          return expressions
+            .map((e) => {
+              if (typeof e === "string" || typeof e === "number") {
+                return e;
+              }
+              return e.notation;
+            })
+            .join("");
+        }
+
+        function removeDescription(exp) {
+          exp.forEach((e) => {
+            if (typeof e === "object" && e.description) {
+              e.description = null;
+              if (e.expressions) {
+                e.expressions.forEach((subExp) => removeDescription(subExp));
+              }
+            }
+          });
+          return exp;
         }
       JS
     end
diff --git a/spec/lib/rollmaster/dice_engine_spec.rb b/spec/lib/rollmaster/dice_engine_spec.rb
index 2308e82..b3eb703 100644
--- a/spec/lib/rollmaster/dice_engine_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/rollmaster/dice_engine_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       expect(result).not_to be_nil
       expect(result).to be_a(Array)
       expect(result.size).to eq(dice_rolls.size)
-      expect(result.all? { |r| r.is_a?(Hash) }).to be(true)
+      expect(result.all? { |r| r.is_a?(String) }).to be(true)
     end
 
     it "raises a RollError for invalid dice rolls" do
@@ -33,6 +33,25 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe ".format_notation" do
+    it "formats the notation of the dice rolls" do
+      dice_rolls = ["{3d8  * 2, 20 /  2d10, 2d10 - d4}     // testing"]
+      formatted_result = described_class.format_notation(*dice_rolls)
+
+      expect(formatted_result).not_to be_nil
+      expect(formatted_result).to be_a(Array)
+      expect(formatted_result.first).to eq("{3d8*2, 20/2d10, 2d10-1d4}") # has stripped whitespace and comments
+    end
+
+    it "raises a RollError for invalid notation" do
+      dice_rolls = ["invalid_notation"]
+
+      expect { described_class.format_notation(*dice_rolls) }.to raise_error(
+        Rollmaster::DiceEngine::RollError,
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
   describe ".reset_context" do
     it "resets the V8 context" do
       initial_context = described_class.v8