diff --git a/src/emitter.cpp b/src/emitter.cpp
index b6b8e2b..55752f3 100644
--- a/src/emitter.cpp
+++ b/src/emitter.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ namespace YAML
                 m_stream << "\n";
                 break;
             case EmitterNodeType::BlockMap:
+                if(m_pState->HasBegunNode())
+                    m_stream << "\n";
                 break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/util/sandbox.cpp b/util/sandbox.cpp
index 43d6510..f306573 100644
--- a/util/sandbox.cpp
+++ b/util/sandbox.cpp
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@
 int main()
 {
     YAML::Emitter out;
-    out << YAML::Anchor("monkey");
+    out << YAML::Anchor("monkey") << YAML::LocalTag("a");
     out << YAML::BeginSeq;
     out << "foo";
     out << YAML::LocalTag("hi") << "bar";
-    out << YAML::BeginMap;
+    out << YAML::Anchor("asdf") << YAML::BeginMap;
     out << "a" << "b" << "c" << "d";
     out << YAML::EndMap;
+    out << YAML::LocalTag("hi") << YAML::BeginSeq;
+    out << "a" << "b";
+    out << YAML::EndSeq;
     out << YAML::EndSeq;
     
     std::cout << out.c_str() << "\n";