diff --git a/Toolset/palettes/script editor/behaviors/revsecommoneditorbehavior.livecodescript b/Toolset/palettes/script editor/behaviors/revsecommoneditorbehavior.livecodescript
index 813af67a6a..52258e9aac 100644
--- a/Toolset/palettes/script editor/behaviors/revsecommoneditorbehavior.livecodescript	
+++ b/Toolset/palettes/script editor/behaviors/revsecommoneditorbehavior.livecodescript	
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ private function textFormatSelection pText
       put return & tTextLines[tIndex] after tResult
    end repeat
    
+   if line -1 of pText = "" then put cr after tResult
+   
    return tResult
 end textFormatSelection
 
diff --git a/notes/bugfix-21044.md b/notes/bugfix-21044.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19b80ee9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/bugfix-21044.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Prevent removal of trailing empty lines when formatting script