diff --git a/openrewrite/src/javascript/format/blankLines.ts b/openrewrite/src/javascript/format/blankLines.ts
index 36517dd..be8bf96 100644
--- a/openrewrite/src/javascript/format/blankLines.ts
+++ b/openrewrite/src/javascript/format/blankLines.ts
@@ -94,15 +94,8 @@ export class BlankLinesFormatVisitor extends JavaScriptVisitor<InMemoryExecution
 }
 
 function adjustedLinesForTree(tree: J.J, minLines: number, maxLines: number): J.J {
-
-    if (tree instanceof JS.ScopedVariableDeclarations && tree.padding.scope) {
-        const prefix = tree.padding.scope.before;
-        return tree.padding.withScope(tree.padding.scope.withBefore(adjustedLinesForSpace(prefix, minLines, maxLines)));
-    } else {
         const prefix = tree.prefix;
         return tree.withPrefix(adjustedLinesForSpace(prefix, minLines, maxLines));
-    }
-
 }
 
 function adjustedLinesForSpace(prefix: Space, minLines: number, maxLines: number): Space {
diff --git a/openrewrite/src/javascript/format/normalizeSpaces.ts b/openrewrite/src/javascript/format/normalizeSpaces.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75c3236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openrewrite/src/javascript/format/normalizeSpaces.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import * as J from '../../java';
+import * as JS from '..';
+import {JavaScriptVisitor} from "..";
+import {Cursor, InMemoryExecutionContext} from "../../core";
+import {Space, TextComment} from '../../java';
+
+export class NormalizeFormatVisitor extends JavaScriptVisitor<InMemoryExecutionContext> {
+
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+        this.cursor = new Cursor(null, Cursor.ROOT_VALUE);
+    }
+
+    visitScopedVariableDeclarations(scopedVariableDeclarations: JS.ScopedVariableDeclarations, p: InMemoryExecutionContext): J.J | null {
+        let vd = super.visitScopedVariableDeclarations(scopedVariableDeclarations, p) as JS.ScopedVariableDeclarations;
+
+        if (vd.padding.scope) {
+            vd = concatenatePrefix(vd, vd.padding.scope.before);
+            if (vd.padding.scope) {
+                vd = vd.padding.withScope(vd.padding.scope.withBefore(Space.EMPTY));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return vd;
+    }
+
+}
+
+function concatenatePrefix<J2 extends J.J>(j: J2, prefix: Space): J2 {
+    const shift = commonMargin(null, j.prefix.whitespace ?? "");
+
+    const comments = [
+        ...j.prefix.comments,
+        ...prefix.comments.map((comment) => {
+            let c = comment;
+
+            if (shift === "") {
+                return c;
+            }
+
+            if (c instanceof TextComment) {
+                const textComment = c as TextComment;
+                c = textComment.withText(textComment.text.replace("\n", "\n" + shift));
+            }
+
+            if (c.suffix.includes("\n")) {
+                c = c.withSuffix(c.suffix.replace("\n", "\n" + shift));
+            }
+
+            return c;
+        })
+    ];
+
+    return j.withPrefix(
+                j.prefix.withWhitespace((j.prefix.whitespace ?? "") + (prefix.whitespace ?? ""))
+                .withComments(comments)
+    ) as J2;
+}
+
+
+function commonMargin(s1: string | null, s2: string): string {
+    if (s1 === null) {
+        const s = s2.toString();
+        return s.substring(s.lastIndexOf('\n') + 1);
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < s1.length && i < s2.length; i++) {
+        if (s1.charAt(i) !== s2.charAt(i) || !/\s/.test(s1.charAt(i))) {
+            return s1.substring(0, i);
+        }
+    }
+    return s2.length < s1.length ? s2 : s1;
+}
diff --git a/openrewrite/test/javascript/format/blankLines.test.ts b/openrewrite/test/javascript/format/blankLines.test.ts
index a2860a5..240fd1b 100644
--- a/openrewrite/test/javascript/format/blankLines.test.ts
+++ b/openrewrite/test/javascript/format/blankLines.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
     typeScript
 } from '../testHarness';
 import {BlankLinesFormatVisitor} from "../../../dist/src/javascript/format/blankLines";
+import {NormalizeFormatVisitor} from "../../../dist/src/javascript/format/normalizeSpaces";
 import {fromVisitor, RecipeSpec} from "../recipeHarness";
 import {IntelliJ} from "../../../dist/src/javascript/style";
 
@@ -29,7 +30,11 @@ let printed = print("sourceFile");`,
 
     test('blank lines after import and variables', () => {
         rewriteRunWithRecipe(
-            new RecipeSpec().withRecipe(fromVisitor(new BlankLinesFormatVisitor(IntelliJ.TypeScript.blankLines()))),
+            new RecipeSpec()
+                .withRecipes(
+                    fromVisitor(new NormalizeFormatVisitor()),
+                    fromVisitor(new BlankLinesFormatVisitor(IntelliJ.TypeScript.blankLines()))
+                ),
             //language=typescript
             typeScript(`
                     import {Component} from 'React'
@@ -50,7 +55,11 @@ let printed = print("sourceFile");`,
 
     test('blank lines exists after import and variables', () => {
         rewriteRunWithRecipe(
-            new RecipeSpec().withRecipe(fromVisitor(new BlankLinesFormatVisitor(IntelliJ.TypeScript.blankLines()))),
+            new RecipeSpec()
+                .withRecipes(
+                    fromVisitor(new NormalizeFormatVisitor()),
+                    fromVisitor(new BlankLinesFormatVisitor(IntelliJ.TypeScript.blankLines()))
+                ),
             //language=typescript
             typeScript(`
                     import {Component} from 'React'
@@ -70,7 +79,11 @@ let printed = print("sourceFile");`,
 
     test('blank lines exists after import and variables large maximum', () => {
         rewriteRunWithRecipe(
-            new RecipeSpec().withRecipe(fromVisitor(new BlankLinesFormatVisitor(IntelliJ.TypeScript.blankLines()))),
+            new RecipeSpec()
+                .withRecipes(
+                    fromVisitor(new NormalizeFormatVisitor()),
+                    fromVisitor(new BlankLinesFormatVisitor(IntelliJ.TypeScript.blankLines()))
+                ),
             //language=typescript
             typeScript(`
                     import {Component} from 'React'
diff --git a/openrewrite/test/javascript/recipeHarness.ts b/openrewrite/test/javascript/recipeHarness.ts
index ece3100..4d37aee 100644
--- a/openrewrite/test/javascript/recipeHarness.ts
+++ b/openrewrite/test/javascript/recipeHarness.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@ export class RecipeSpec {
     withRecipe(recipe: Recipe): RecipeSpec {
         return recipe === this._recipe ? this : new RecipeSpec(recipe);
     }
+
+    withRecipes(...recipes: Recipe[]): RecipeSpec {
+        return new RecipeSpec(new CompositeRecipe(recipes));
+    }
+
+}
+
+export class CompositeRecipe extends Recipe {
+    readonly recipes: Iterable<Recipe>;
+
+    constructor(recipes: Iterable<Recipe>) {
+        super();
+        this.recipes = recipes;
+    }
+
+    override getRecipeList(): Recipe[] {
+        return Array.from(this.recipes);
+    }
 }
 
 export class AdHocRecipe extends Recipe {