diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.cpp b/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.cpp
index 7536f5854..ff542f175 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.cpp
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // ApacheCodeWriter.cpp
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.cpp#1 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.cpp#3 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.h b/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.h
index e6b85e569..f0e4a0168 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.h
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // ApacheCodeWriter.h
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.h#1 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/ApacheCodeWriter.h#3 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.cpp b/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.cpp
index 442f38d84..87f5c0b22 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.cpp
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // CodeWriter.cpp
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.cpp#3 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.cpp#4 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void CodeWriter::writeContent(std::ostream& ostr)
 	if (buffered)
 	{
 		ostr << "\tstd::stringstream responseStream;\n";
-		ostr << _page.handler().str();
+		ostr << cleanupHandler(_page.handler().str());
 		if (!chunked)
 		{
 			ostr << "\tresponse.setContentLength(static_cast<int>(responseStream.tellp()));\n";
@@ -363,13 +363,31 @@ void CodeWriter::writeContent(std::ostream& ostr)
 		ostr << "\tstd::ostream& _responseStream = response.send();\n"
 		     << "\tPoco::DeflatingOutputStream _gzipStream(_responseStream, Poco::DeflatingStreamBuf::STREAM_GZIP, " << compressionLevel << ");\n"
 		     << "\tstd::ostream& responseStream = _compressResponse ? _gzipStream : _responseStream;\n";
-		ostr << _page.handler().str();
+		ostr << cleanupHandler(_page.handler().str());
 		ostr << "\tif (_compressResponse) _gzipStream.close();\n";
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		ostr << "\tstd::ostream& responseStream = response.send();\n";
-		ostr << _page.handler().str();
+		ostr << cleanupHandler(_page.handler().str());
 	}
 }
 
+
+std::string CodeWriter::cleanupHandler(std::string handler)
+{
+	static const std::string EMPTY_WRITE("\tresponseStream << \"\";\n");
+	static const std::string NEWLINE_WRITE("\tresponseStream << \"\\n\";\n");
+	static const std::string DOUBLE_NEWLINE_WRITE("\tresponseStream << \"\\n\";\n\tresponseStream << \"\\n\";\n");
+	static const std::string EMPTY;
+	
+	// remove empty writes
+	Poco::replaceInPlace(handler, EMPTY_WRITE, EMPTY);
+	// remove consecutive newlines
+	while (handler.find(DOUBLE_NEWLINE_WRITE) != std::string::npos)
+	{
+		Poco::replaceInPlace(handler, DOUBLE_NEWLINE_WRITE, NEWLINE_WRITE);
+	}
+	return handler;
+}
+
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.h b/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.h
index 6ba34ef5b..b09a5f22c 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.h
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // CodeWriter.h
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.h#1 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/CodeWriter.h#4 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ protected:
 	void handlerClass(std::ostream& ostr, const std::string& base, const std::string& ctorArg);
 	void factoryClass(std::ostream& ostr, const std::string& base);
 	void factoryImpl(std::ostream& ostr, const std::string& arg);
+	std::string cleanupHandler(std::string handler);
 
 private:
 	CodeWriter();
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.cpp b/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.cpp
index ee085821d..9adeb24fa 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.cpp
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // OSPCodeWriter.cpp
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.cpp#3 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.cpp#3 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.h b/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.h
index 9372abe4a..21f252bdd 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.h
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // OSPCodeWriter.h
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.h#1 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/OSPCodeWriter.h#3 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/Page.cpp b/PageCompiler/src/Page.cpp
index 705236b45..2e53ef243 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/Page.cpp
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/Page.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // Page.cpp
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/Page.cpp#2 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/Page.cpp#3 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/Page.h b/PageCompiler/src/Page.h
index 5e5e6b12b..4cd4937e2 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/Page.h
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/Page.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // Page.h
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/Page.h#2 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/Page.h#3 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/PageCompiler.cpp b/PageCompiler/src/PageCompiler.cpp
index 774cc09ba..bb45e44b9 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/PageCompiler.cpp
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/PageCompiler.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // PageCompiler.cpp
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/PageCompiler.cpp#4 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/PageCompiler.cpp#5 $
 //
 // A compiler that compiler HTML pages containing JSP directives into C++ classes.
 //
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ protected:
 		helpFormatter.setHeader(
 			"\n"
 			"The POCO C++ Server Page Compiler.\n"
-			"Copyright (c) 2008-2016 by Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.\n"
+			"Copyright (c) 2008-2017 by Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.\n"
 			"All rights reserved.\n\n"
 			"This program compiles web pages containing embedded C++ code "
 			"into a C++ class that can be used with the HTTP server "
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.cpp b/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.cpp
index 02a08a110..67fd92d4a 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.cpp
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // PageReader.cpp
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.cpp#1 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.cpp#3 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.
diff --git a/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.h b/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.h
index 4e7ad7934..6af5bb28d 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.h
+++ b/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // PageReader.h
 //
-// $Id: //poco/1.4/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.h#1 $
+// $Id: //poco/1.7/PageCompiler/src/PageReader.h#3 $
 //
 // Copyright (c) 2008, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
 // and Contributors.