diff --git a/js/ast.go b/js/ast.go
index b2fa3f7..515f2a5 100644
--- a/js/ast.go
+++ b/js/ast.go
@@ -505,7 +505,14 @@ func (n ExprStmt) String() string {
 // JS writes JavaScript to writer.
 func (n ExprStmt) JS(w io.Writer) {
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	n.Value.JS(buf)
+	wb := io.Writer(buf)
+	if wi, ok := w.(parse.Indenter); ok {
+		// make sure that buf is indenter if w is so as well
+		// this is to prevent newlines in literals from indenting
+		wb = parse.NewIndenter(wb, wi.Indent())
+		w = wi.Writer
+	}
+	n.Value.JS(wb)
 	expr := buf.Bytes()
 
 	group := bytes.HasPrefix(expr, []byte("let "))
@@ -1686,6 +1693,9 @@ func (n LiteralExpr) JS(w io.Writer) {
 
 // JSON writes JSON to writer.
 func (n LiteralExpr) JSON(w io.Writer) error {
+	if wi, ok := w.(parse.Indenter); ok {
+		w = wi.Writer
+	}
 	if n.TokenType == TrueToken || n.TokenType == FalseToken || n.TokenType == NullToken || n.TokenType == DecimalToken || n.TokenType == IntegerToken {
 		w.Write(n.Data)
 		return nil
@@ -1974,6 +1984,9 @@ func (n TemplateExpr) JS(w io.Writer) {
 
 // JSON writes JSON to writer.
 func (n TemplateExpr) JSON(w io.Writer) error {
+	if wi, ok := w.(parse.Indenter); ok {
+		w = wi.Writer
+	}
 	if n.Tag != nil || len(n.List) != 0 {
 		js := &strings.Builder{}
 		n.JS(js)
diff --git a/js/ast_test.go b/js/ast_test.go
index 6468f59..1b5ba0d 100644
--- a/js/ast_test.go
+++ b/js/ast_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ func TestJS(t *testing.T) {
 		{"//!\nn=>{ return n }", "//! (n) => { return n; };"}, // space after //! is newline
 		{"//!\n{//!\n}", "//! { //! }"},                       // space after //! is newline
 		{`for(;;)let = 5`, `for ( ; ; ) { (let = 5); }`},
+		{"{`\n`}", "{ ` `; }"}, // space in template literal is newline
 	}
 
 	re := regexp.MustCompile("\n *")
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index de8dab3..a90ac6c 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ func NewIndenter(w io.Writer, n int) Indenter {
 	}
 }
 
+func (in Indenter) Indent() int {
+	return len(in.b)
+}
+
 func (in Indenter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	n, j := 0, 0
 	for i, c := range b {