diff --git a/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.toHtml.test.ts b/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.toHtml.test.ts
index d79c413..99b9598 100644
--- a/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.toHtml.test.ts
+++ b/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.toHtml.test.ts
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@ describe('ContactForm.toHtml relay wiring', () => {
     expect(html).not.toContain('WHP-FORM');
     expect(html).toContain('action="/legacy"');
     expect(html).not.toContain('_gotcha');
+    // Backward-compat: ensure non-relay output is byte-identical (no extra blank lines from honeypot)
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/<form[^>]*>\n\s*\n/);
   });
 });
diff --git a/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.tsx b/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.tsx
index 0955cd9..889de8b 100644
--- a/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.tsx
@@ -447,9 +447,7 @@ ContactForm.craft = {
 
   return {
     html: `${marker}<form action="${actionAttr}" method="POST"${formStyle ? ` style="${formStyle}"` : ''}>
-  ${honeypot}
-  ${fieldsHtml}
-  <button type="submit"${btnStyle ? ` style="${btnStyle}"` : ''}>${esc(props.submitText || 'Send Message')}</button>
+${honeypot ? `  ${honeypot}\n` : ''}${fieldsHtml ? `  ${fieldsHtml}\n` : ''}  <button type="submit"${btnStyle ? ` style="${btnStyle}"` : ''}>${esc(props.submitText || 'Send Message')}</button>
 </form>`,
   };
 };