diff --git a/lib/ymlr/encode.ex b/lib/ymlr/encode.ex
index cc32ab5..485a620 100644
--- a/lib/ymlr/encode.ex
+++ b/lib/ymlr/encode.ex
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ defmodule Ymlr.Encode do
 
   @escape_chars ~c"\b\f\r\v\0\"\\"
   @escape_char_mapping Enum.zip(@escape_chars, ~c"bfrv0\"\\")
-  @unicode_char_mapping (Enum.to_list(0x00..0x1F) ++ Enum.to_list(0x7F..0xFF)) |> Enum.reject(&Kernel.in(&1, '\n\t' ++ @escape_chars))
-  @require_double_quotes Enum.map(~c"\b\f\r\v\0"++@unicode_char_mapping, &(<< &1 >>)) |>dbg
+  @unicode_chars Enum.to_list(0x00..0x1F) ++ Enum.to_list(0x7F..0xFF)
+  @unicode_char_mapping Enum.reject(@unicode_chars, &Kernel.in(&1, ~c"\n\t" ++ @escape_chars))
+  @require_double_quotes Enum.map(~c"\b\f\r\v\0" ++ @unicode_char_mapping, &<<&1>>)
 
   @doc ~S"""
   Encodes the given data as YAML string. Raises if it cannot be encoded.
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ defmodule Ymlr.Encode do
       with_single_quotes(data)
     end
   end
+
   defp with_double_quotes(data) do
     ~s("#{escape(data)}")
   end
@@ -205,13 +207,13 @@ defmodule Ymlr.Encode do
   defp with_single_quotes(data), do: ~s('#{data}')
 
   defp escape(data) do
-    for << char::utf8 <- data >> do
+    for <<char::utf8 <- data>> do
       escape_char(char)
     end
   end
 
   for {char, escaped} <- @escape_char_mapping do
-    defp escape_char(unquote(char)), do: << ?\\, unquote(escaped) >>
+    defp escape_char(unquote(char)), do: <<?\\, unquote(escaped)>>
   end
 
   for uchar <- @unicode_char_mapping do
diff --git a/test/ymlr/encode_test.exs b/test/ymlr/encode_test.exs
index 3361903..eb8664e 100644
--- a/test/ymlr/encode_test.exs
+++ b/test/ymlr/encode_test.exs
@@ -117,10 +117,12 @@ defmodule Ymlr.EncodeTest do
     test "quoted strings - example-escaped-characters from 1.2.2 spec" do
       assert_identity_and_output("Fun with \\", "Fun with \\")
       assert_identity_and_output("\r \t \u000b \u0000", "\"\\r \t \\v \\0\"")
+
       assert_identity_and_output(
         "\u0020 \u00a0 \u0085 \u2028 \u2029",
         "\"  \\u00A0 \\u0085 \u2028 \u2029\""
       )
+
       assert_identity_and_output("\" \u0007 \b \u001b \f", "\"\\\" \\u0007 \\b \\u001B \\f\"")
       assert_identity_and_output("\r \t \u000b \u0000", "\"\\r \t \\v \\0\"")
     end
@@ -313,6 +315,11 @@ defmodule Ymlr.EncodeTest do
     end
 
     # see https://yaml-multiline.info/
+    @tag skip: "still buggy"
+    test "multiline strings - starting with spaces" do
+      assert_identity_and_output("\n   abc", "|-\n\n     abc")
+      assert_identity_and_output("   abc\nabc", "|-\n     abc\n  abc")
+    end
 
     test "multiline strings - base cases" do
       assert_identity_and_output("a\n b\nc", "|-\n  a\n   b\n  c")