diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Helpers/LibMfm/Serialization/MfmSerializer.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Helpers/LibMfm/Serialization/MfmSerializer.cs
index 0d7aacba..19b23caa 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Helpers/LibMfm/Serialization/MfmSerializer.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Helpers/LibMfm/Serialization/MfmSerializer.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public static class MfmSerializer
 				{
 					result.Append($"\n```{mfmCodeBlockNode.Language?.Value ?? ""}\n");
 					result.Append(mfmCodeBlockNode.Code);
-					result.Append("\n```\n");
+					result.Append("\n```\n\n");
 					break;
 				}
 				case MfmMathBlockNode mfmMathBlockNode:
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Parsing/Mfm.fs b/Iceshrimp.Parsing/Mfm.fs
index 752d54bc..9b14ce54 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Parsing/Mfm.fs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Parsing/Mfm.fs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ module private MfmParser =
         >>. opt (many1CharsTill asciiLetter (lookAhead newline))
         .>>. (skipNewline
               >>. manyCharsTill anyChar (attempt (skipNewline >>. skipString "```")))
-        .>> (opt <| attempt (skipNewline >>. nextCharSatisfies isNewline))
+        .>> (opt <| attempt (skipNewline >>. skipNewline))
         |>> fun (lang: string option, code: string) -> MfmCodeBlockNode(code, lang) :> MfmNode
 
     let mathNode =
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Tests/Parsing/MfmTests.cs b/Iceshrimp.Tests/Parsing/MfmTests.cs
index b1363df7..5d92a52c 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Tests/Parsing/MfmTests.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Tests/Parsing/MfmTests.cs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class MfmTests
 		[
 			new MfmTextNode("test 123\n"),
 			new MfmCodeBlockNode("this is a code block", null),
-			new MfmTextNode("\ntest 123")
+			new MfmTextNode("test 123")
 		];
 		var res = Mfm.parse(input);