diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b30f5ca..f419cff 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ const wrapWord = (rows, word, columns) => {
 //
 // 'soft' allows long words to expand past the column length
 const exec = (string, columns, options = {}) => {
-	if (string.trim() === '') {
-		return options.trim === false ? string : string.trim();
+	if (options.trim !== false && string.trim() === '') {
+		return '';
 	}
 
 	let pre = '';
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ const exec = (string, columns, options = {}) => {
 		rows[rows.length - 1] = options.trim === false ? rows[rows.length - 1] : rows[rows.length - 1].trim();
 		let rowLength = stringWidth(rows[rows.length - 1]);
 
-		if (rowLength || word === '') {
-			if (rowLength === columns && options.wordWrap === false) {
+		if (index !== 0) {
+			if (rowLength === columns && (options.wordWrap === false || options.trim === false)) {
 				// If we start with a new word but the current row length equals the length of the columns, add a new row
 				rows.push('');
 				rowLength = 0;
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 28b71f9..a7cd4f5 100755
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -113,3 +113,25 @@ test('supports unicode surrogate pairs', t => {
 	t.is(m('a\uD83C\uDE00bc', 2, {hard: true}), 'a\n\uD83C\uDE00\nbc');
 	t.is(m('a\uD83C\uDE00bc\uD83C\uDE00d\uD83C\uDE00', 2, {hard: true}), 'a\n\uD83C\uDE00\nbc\n\uD83C\uDE00\nd\n\uD83C\uDE00');
 });
+
+test('#23, whitespaces is properly wrapped', t => {
+	t.is(m('   ', 2, {trim: false}), '  \n ');
+	t.is(m('   ', 2, {trim: false, hard: true}), '  \n ');
+});
+
+test('#25, whitespace at the end of line is treated properly with no trimming', t => {
+	t.is(m('foo bar', 3), 'foo\nbar');
+	t.is(m('foo bar', 3, {hard: true}), 'foo\nbar');
+	t.is(m('foo bar', 3, {trim: false}), 'foo\n \nbar');
+	t.is(m('foo bar', 3, {trim: false, hard: true}), 'foo\n \nbar');
+});
+
+test('#26, does not multiplicate leading spaces with no trimming', t => {
+	t.is(m(' a ', 10, {trim: false}), ' a ');
+	t.is(m('   a ', 10, {trim: false}), '   a ');
+});
+
+test('#27, does not remove leading space when line starts with ansi escape and no trimming', t => {
+	t.is(m(chalk.bgGreen(` ${chalk.black('OK')} `), 100, {trim: false}), chalk.bgGreen(` ${chalk.black('OK')} `));
+	t.is(m(chalk.bgGreen(`  ${chalk.black('OK')} `), 100, {trim: false}), chalk.bgGreen(`  ${chalk.black('OK')} `));
+});