diff --git a/backend/static/styles/diff.css b/backend/static/styles/diff.css
index d5c920c3b..25029167c 100644
--- a/backend/static/styles/diff.css
+++ b/backend/static/styles/diff.css
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     border: 1px solid transparent;
     vertical-align: top;
     font: 1em monospace;
-    text-align: left;
+    text-align: left; }
+  #diff-ui pre {
     white-space: pre-wrap; }
 
 h1 {
diff --git a/backend/static/styles/diff.scss b/backend/static/styles/diff.scss
index 203f6a770..7f08a5fae 100644
--- a/backend/static/styles/diff.scss
+++ b/backend/static/styles/diff.scss
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
         vertical-align: top;
         font: 1em monospace;
         text-align: left;
-        white-space: pre-wrap;
     }
-
+    pre {
+            white-space: pre-wrap;
+    }
 }
 h1 {
 	display: inline;