diff --git a/src/pages/string/join/index.tsx b/src/pages/string/join/index.tsx
index d7bc4e9..ccb143d 100644
--- a/src/pages/string/join/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/string/join/index.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { mergeText } from './service';
 import { CustomSnackBarContext } from '../../../contexts/CustomSnackBarContext';
 
 const initialValues = {
-  joinCharacter: ' ',
+  joinCharacter: '',
   deleteBlank: true,
   deleteTrailing: true
 };
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const validationSchema = Yup.object().shape({
 });
 
 const mergeOptions = {
+  placeholder: 'Join Character',
   description:
     'Symbol that connects broken\n' + 'pieces of text. (Space by default.)\n',
   accessor: 'joinCharacter' as keyof typeof initialValues
@@ -41,29 +42,33 @@ const blankTrailingOptions: {
 }[] = [
   {
     title: 'Delete Blank Lines',
-    description: "Delete lines that don't have\n" + 'text symbols.\n',
+    description: "Delete lines that don't have\n text symbols.\n",
     accessor: 'deleteBlank'
   },
   {
     title: 'Delete Trailing Spaces',
-    description: 'Remove spaces and tabs at\n' + 'the end of the lines.\n',
+    description: 'Remove spaces and tabs at\n the end of the lines.\n',
     accessor: 'deleteTrailing'
   }
 ];
 
 const InputWithDesc = ({
+  placeholder,
   description,
   value,
   onChange
 }: {
+  placeholder: string;
   description: string;
   value: string;
   onChange: (value: string) => void;
 }) => {
   return (
-    <Box>
+    <Box width={240}>
       <TextField
-        sx={{ backgroundColor: 'white' }}
+        sx={{ backgroundColor: 'white', padding: 0 }}
+        size="small"
+        placeholder={placeholder}
         value={value}
         onChange={(event) => onChange(event.target.value)}
       />
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ export default function JoinText() {
 
     useEffect(() => {
       try {
+        console.log('Form values:', values['joinCharacter']);
         setResult(mergeText(input, deleteBlank, deleteTrailing, joinCharacter));
       } catch (exception: unknown) {
         if (exception instanceof Error)
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ export default function JoinText() {
       }
     }, [values, input]);
 
+    console.log('deleteBlank', deleteBlank);
     return null;
   };
 
@@ -153,8 +160,11 @@ export default function JoinText() {
               <Box>
                 <Typography fontSize={22}>Text Merged Options</Typography>
                 <InputWithDesc
-                  value={values.joinCharacter}
-                  onChange={(value) => setFieldValue('joinCharacter', value)}
+                  placeholder={mergeOptions.placeholder}
+                  value={values['joinCharacter']}
+                  onChange={(value) =>
+                    setFieldValue(mergeOptions.accessor, value)
+                  }
                   description={mergeOptions.description}
                 />
               </Box>
diff --git a/src/pages/string/join/service.ts b/src/pages/string/join/service.ts
index d67f677..a6b9f27 100644
--- a/src/pages/string/join/service.ts
+++ b/src/pages/string/join/service.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,29 @@ export function mergeText(
 ): string {
   const lines = text.split('\n');
 
-  const processedLines = lines
-    .map((line) =>
-      deleteTrailingSpaces ? line.replace(/  |\r\n|\n|\r/gm, '') : line
-    )
-    .filter((line) => !deleteBlankLines || line.trim() !== '');
+  let processedLines = lines;
+  if (deleteBlankLines) {
+    lines.map((line) =>
+      deleteTrailingSpaces
+        ? line
+            // .split('  ')
+            // .join('')
+            // .replace(/|\r\n|\n|\r/gm, '')
+            .trimEnd()
+        : line
+    );
+  } else {
+    lines;
+  }
+
+  if (deleteBlankLines) {
+    processedLines = lines.filter(
+      (line) => !deleteBlankLines || line.trim() !== ''
+    );
+  } else {
+    lines;
+  }
+
   return processedLines.join(joinCharacter);
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +39,4 @@ Another line with trailing spaces
 Final line without trailing spaces`;
 
 export const mergedTextWithBlankLines: string = mergeText(text, false);
-console.log('With blank lines:\n', mergedTextWithBlankLines);
-
 export const mergedTextWithoutBlankLines: string = mergeText(text, true);
-console.log('Without blank lines:\n', mergedTextWithoutBlankLines);