diff --git a/src/interactiveDiff.ts b/src/interactiveDiff.ts
index f8e0d7f0..874a8f98 100644
--- a/src/interactiveDiff.ts
+++ b/src/interactiveDiff.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ export async function present_diff_to_user(editor: vscode.TextEditor, modif_doc:
 
     const diff = Diff.diffLines(whole_doc, modif_doc, {
         // ignoreNewlineAtEof: true,
-        // ignoreWhitespace: true, // can remove trailing new lines
+        ignoreWhitespace: true, // can remove trailing new lines
         // newlineIsToken: true,
     });