diff --git a/gem300.rkt b/gem300.rkt
index d7ca0d5..b39cbe9 100644
--- a/gem300.rkt
+++ b/gem300.rkt
@@ -41,20 +41,15 @@
 
           ;; add line to most recent preformat block
           [(symbol=? 'preformatted state)
-           (if (preformatted? (car document))
-               ;; little bit hard to follow: take the existing
-               ;; preformatted blocks content, cons the new line;
-               ;; then, cons the new preformatted block to the cdr of
-               ;; the document
-               (iter (cons (preformatted (cons (car lines)
-                                               (preformatted-str (car document))))
-                           (cdr document))
-                     (cdr lines)
-                     'preformatted)
-
-               (iter (cons (preformatted (list)) document)
-                     (cdr lines)
-                     'preformatted))]
+           ;; little bit hard to follow: take the existing
+           ;; preformatted blocks content, cons the new line;
+           ;; then, cons the new preformatted block to the cdr of
+           ;; the document
+           (iter (cons (preformatted (cons (car lines)
+                                           (preformatted-str (car document))))
+                       (cdr document))
+                 (cdr lines)
+                 'preformatted)]
 
           ;; rest of this is normal mode
 
@@ -68,7 +63,7 @@
           ;; preformatting toggle lines
           [(string-prefix? (car lines) "```")
            ;; add preformatted block to document and toggle mode
-           (iter document
+           (iter (cons (preformatted (list)) document)
                  (cdr lines)
                  'preformatted)]