diff --git a/src/dfmt/formatter.d b/src/dfmt/formatter.d
index 9d53775..317528e 100644
--- a/src/dfmt/formatter.d
+++ b/src/dfmt/formatter.d
@@ -284,10 +284,8 @@ private:
             immutable canAddNewline = currTokenLine - prevTokenEndLine < 1;
             if (prevTokenEndLine == currTokenLine || (t == tok!")" && peekIs(tok!"{")))
                 write(" ");
-            else if (t != tok!";" && t != tok!"}" && canAddNewline)
-            {
+            else if (canAddNewline || (peekIs(tok!"{") && t == tok!"}"))
                 newline();
-            }
         }
         writeToken();
         immutable j = justAddedExtraNewline;
diff --git a/tests/allman/issue0177.d.ref b/tests/allman/issue0177.d.ref
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05fae07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/allman/issue0177.d.ref
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+unittest
+{
+    {
+    }
+    //
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+unittest
+{
+    {
+    }
+    //
+
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+unittest
+{
+    {
+    }
+
+    //
+
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/issue0177.d b/tests/issue0177.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..876854f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issue0177.d
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+unittest
+{
+	{
+	}
+	//
+	{
+	}
+}
+
+unittest
+{
+	{
+	}
+	//
+
+	{
+	}
+}
+
+unittest
+{
+	{
+	}
+
+	//
+
+	{
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/otbs/issue0177.d.ref b/tests/otbs/issue0177.d.ref
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2bbe3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/otbs/issue0177.d.ref
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+unittest {
+    {
+    }
+    //
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+unittest {
+    {
+    }
+    //
+
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+unittest {
+    {
+    }
+
+    //
+
+    {
+    }
+}