diff --git a/common/chat-handler.cpp b/common/chat-handler.cpp
index 4e39c42ba..a3dae1046 100644
--- a/common/chat-handler.cpp
+++ b/common/chat-handler.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 const common_grammar_options grammar_options {
     /* .dotall = */ false,
-    /* .compact_spaces = */ false,
-    // /* .compact_spaces = */ true,
+    // /* .compact_spaces = */ false,
+    /* .compact_spaces = */ true,
 };
 
 static bool parse_json(std::string::const_iterator & it, const std::string::const_iterator & end, json & out) {