diff --git a/articles/templates/articles/base.html b/articles/templates/articles/base.html
index 6b49484..19e48d0 100644
--- a/articles/templates/articles/base.html
+++ b/articles/templates/articles/base.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% load static compress %}
+{% spaceless %}
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
-{% spaceless %}
 <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@
     <p>{{ blog_description }}</p>
     {% include "articles/snippets/navigation.html" %}
 </header>
+{% endspaceless %}
 
 <main>
     {% block content %}
     {% endblock %}
 </main>
 
+{% spaceless %}
 <footer>
     <hr>
     <p>
@@ -64,5 +66,5 @@
 {% endcompress %}
 
 </body>
-{% endspaceless %}
 </html>
+{% endspaceless %}
diff --git a/articles/tests/test_html_views.py b/articles/tests/test_html_views.py
index b2da102..3c4db23 100644
--- a/articles/tests/test_html_views.py
+++ b/articles/tests/test_html_views.py
@@ -50,16 +50,9 @@ def _assert_article_is_rendered(item: Article, res):
     content = res.content.decode("utf-8")
     assert item.title in content
     html = item.get_formatted_content
-    html = get_spaceless_html(html)
     assert html in content
 
 
-def get_spaceless_html(html):
-    context = Context({})
-    html = Template("{% spaceless %}" + html + "{% endspaceless %}").render(context)
-    return html
-
-
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_anonymous_cant_access_draft_detail(
     client: Client, unpublished_article: Article
