diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 131035fc8..14d855805 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Added
 - [#1209], [#1850], [#2619] Debugging SWF in the web browser
 
+### Fixed
+- Metadata formatting
+
 ## [25.0.0] - 2026-02-10
 ### Added
 - [#2610] Export morphshapes - export individual frames, setting of morph
diff --git a/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/gui/PreviewPanel.java b/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/gui/PreviewPanel.java
index a548fdbdd..f1739aec8 100644
--- a/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/gui/PreviewPanel.java
+++ b/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/gui/PreviewPanel.java
@@ -1826,7 +1826,8 @@ public class PreviewPanel extends JPersistentSplitPane implements TagEditorPanel
     }
 
     public static String formatMetadata(String input, int indent) {
-        input = input.replace("> <", "><");
+        input = input.replaceAll("\r?\n", "");
+        input = input.replaceAll("> +<", "><");
         try {
             Source xmlInput = new StreamSource(new StringReader(input));
             StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();