diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/confuser/banmanager/common/util/Message.java b/common/src/main/java/me/confuser/banmanager/common/util/Message.java
index af53d120b..88b26b0cf 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/confuser/banmanager/common/util/Message.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/confuser/banmanager/common/util/Message.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public static void load(YamlConfiguration config, CommonLogger commonLogger) {
     for (String key : config.getConfigurationSection("messages").getKeys(true)) {
       String value = config.getString("messages." + key);
       if (value != null) {
-        newMessages.put(key, value.replace("\\n", "\n"));
+        newMessages.put(key, value.replace("\\n", "\n").replaceAll("(?<=\\n)(?=\\n)", " "));
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/me/confuser/banmanager/common/configs/MessagesConfigTest.java b/common/src/test/java/me/confuser/banmanager/common/configs/MessagesConfigTest.java
index fd0c76703..283cbf5e8 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/me/confuser/banmanager/common/configs/MessagesConfigTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/me/confuser/banmanager/common/configs/MessagesConfigTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 package me.confuser.banmanager.common.configs;
 
 import me.confuser.banmanager.common.BasePluginTest;
+import me.confuser.banmanager.common.TestLogger;
+import me.confuser.banmanager.common.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
 import me.confuser.banmanager.common.util.Message;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 
 public class MessagesConfigTest extends BasePluginTest {
 
@@ -15,4 +20,50 @@ public void isValid() {
             .get("info.ban.temporary").set("reason", "abc").set("actor", "def").set("created",
                     "8th July").set("expires", "1d").toString());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void doubleNewlineProducesNonEmptyLine() {
+    String yaml = "messages:\n  test:\n    greeting: 'Hello\\n\\nWorld'";
+    YamlConfiguration config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(new StringReader(yaml));
+    Message.load(config, new TestLogger());
+
+    String result = Message.get("test.greeting").toString();
+
+    assertEquals("Hello\n \nWorld", result);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void tripleNewlineProducesNonEmptyLines() {
+    String yaml = "messages:\n  test:\n    greeting: 'Hello\\n\\n\\nWorld'";
+    YamlConfiguration config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(new StringReader(yaml));
+    Message.load(config, new TestLogger());
+
+    String result = Message.get("test.greeting").toString();
+
+    assertEquals("Hello\n \n \nWorld", result);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void singleNewlineIsUnchanged() {
+    String yaml = "messages:\n  test:\n    greeting: 'Hello\\nWorld'";
+    YamlConfiguration config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(new StringReader(yaml));
+    Message.load(config, new TestLogger());
+
+    String result = Message.get("test.greeting").toString();
+
+    assertEquals("Hello\nWorld", result);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void noConsecutiveEmptyLinesInLoadedMessages() {
+    String yaml = "messages:\n  test:\n    msg: 'Line1\\n\\nLine2\\n\\n\\nLine3'";
+    YamlConfiguration config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(new StringReader(yaml));
+    Message.load(config, new TestLogger());
+
+    String result = Message.get("test.msg").toString();
+
+    for (String line : result.split("\n", -1)) {
+      assertFalse("Empty lines should contain a space for chat rendering", line.isEmpty());
+    }
+  }
 }