diff --git a/nimutils/rope_htmlrender.nim b/nimutils/rope_htmlrender.nim
index 912598f..d3823d0 100644
--- a/nimutils/rope_htmlrender.nim
+++ b/nimutils/rope_htmlrender.nim
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ proc toHtml*(r: Rope, indent = 0): string =
     var cells: seq[string]
     if r.cells.len() != 0:
       for item in r.cells:
-        var cell = item.toHtml()
+        var cell = item.toHtml().strip()
         if cell.startswith("<td>") or cell.startswith("<th>"):
           cells.add(cell)
         else:
           cells.add(element("td", cell))
-      result = cells.join("\n")
+      result = element("tr", cells.join("\n"))
 
   for item in r.siblings:
     result &= item.toHtml()