diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-sequence.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-sequence.ftl
index 6a9552b9c..8a0902a67 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-sequence.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-sequence.ftl
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@
 
 <#-- Macro join: join array elements with the specified glue string. -->
 
-<#macro join arr glue=", "><#compress>
+<#macro join arr glue=", ">
     <#assign count = 0>
-    <#-- This is VERY ugly: adding any formatting here inserts extra spaces into the output, even with the compress 
-    directive. The compress directive is also necessary, though. Seems counter to the documentation at
-    http://freemarker.org/docs/dgui_misc_whitespace.html -->
-    <#list arr as el><#if el?has_content><#if (count > 0)>${glue}</#if>${el}<#assign count = count+1></#if></#list>
-</#compress></#macro>
+    <#-- Freemarker is very finicky about whitespace here. The compress directives and formatting 
+    here work; do not alter them. -->
+    <#list arr as el>
+        <#if el?has_content>
+            <#compress>
+            <#if (count > 0)>${glue}</#if>
+            ${el}
+            </#compress>
+            <#assign count = count+1>
+        </#if>
+    </#list>
+</#macro>