diff --git a/packages/debug/src/Debug.php b/packages/debug/src/Debug.php
index 5a6f957c0..9ba975793 100644
--- a/packages/debug/src/Debug.php
+++ b/packages/debug/src/Debug.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Tempest\Debug;
 
-use Exception;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\VarCloner;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\CliDumper;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\VarDumper;
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 use Tempest\EventBus\EventBus;
 use Tempest\Highlight\Themes\TerminalStyle;
 use Tempest\Support\Filesystem;
+use Throwable;
 
 final readonly class Debug
 {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public static function resolve(): self
                 config: GenericContainer::instance()->get(DebugConfig::class),
                 eventBus: GenericContainer::instance()->get(EventBus::class),
             );
-        } catch (Exception) {
+        } catch (Throwable) {
             return new self();
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/view/src/Elements/ElementFactory.php b/packages/view/src/Elements/ElementFactory.php
index bf8e9dcf1..4d63a88fa 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/Elements/ElementFactory.php
+++ b/packages/view/src/Elements/ElementFactory.php
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ private function makeElement(Token $token, ?Element $parent): ?Element
             return new TextElement(text: $text);
         }
 
+        if ($token->type === TokenType::WHITESPACE) {
+            return new WhitespaceElement($token->content);
+        }
+
         if (! $token->tag || $token->type === TokenType::COMMENT || $token->type === TokenType::PHP) {
             return new RawElement(token: $token, tag: null, content: $token->compile());
         }
diff --git a/packages/view/src/Elements/IsElement.php b/packages/view/src/Elements/IsElement.php
index 839b7944a..7aa66e030 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/Elements/IsElement.php
+++ b/packages/view/src/Elements/IsElement.php
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ public function setPrevious(?Element $previous): self
 
     public function getPrevious(): ?Element
     {
+        if ($this->previous instanceof WhitespaceElement) {
+            return $this->previous->getPrevious();
+        }
+
         return $this->previous;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/view/src/Elements/WhitespaceElement.php b/packages/view/src/Elements/WhitespaceElement.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..148e409e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/view/src/Elements/WhitespaceElement.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tempest\View\Elements;
+
+use Tempest\View\Element;
+
+final class WhitespaceElement implements Element
+{
+    use IsElement;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        public string $content,
+    ) {}
+
+    public function compile(): string
+    {
+        return $this->content;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/view/src/Parser/TempestViewLexer.php b/packages/view/src/Parser/TempestViewLexer.php
index 658cdb476..9b38a66c3 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/Parser/TempestViewLexer.php
+++ b/packages/view/src/Parser/TempestViewLexer.php
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public function lex(): TokenCollection
                 $tokens = [...$tokens, ...$this->lexCharacterData()];
             } elseif ($this->comesNext('<')) {
                 $tokens = [...$tokens, ...$this->lexTag()];
+            } elseif ($this->comesNext(' ') || $this->comesNext(PHP_EOL)) {
+                $tokens[] = $this->lexWhitespace();
             } else {
                 $tokens[] = $this->lexContent();
             }
@@ -214,6 +216,23 @@ private function lexDoctype(): Token
         return new Token($buffer, TokenType::DOCTYPE);
     }
 
+    private function lexWhitespace(): Token
+    {
+        $buffer = '';
+
+        while ($this->current !== null) {
+            $seek = $this->seek();
+
+            if ($seek !== ' ' && $seek !== PHP_EOL) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            $buffer .= $this->consume();
+        }
+
+        return new Token($buffer, TokenType::WHITESPACE);
+    }
+
     private function lexCharacterData(): array
     {
         $tokens = [
diff --git a/packages/view/src/Parser/TokenType.php b/packages/view/src/Parser/TokenType.php
index 0a433b548..2938ea76f 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/Parser/TokenType.php
+++ b/packages/view/src/Parser/TokenType.php
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ enum TokenType
     case DOCTYPE;
     case CHARACTER_DATA_OPEN;
     case CHARACTER_DATA_CLOSE;
+    case WHITESPACE;
 }
diff --git a/packages/view/tests/FallthroughAttributesTest.php b/packages/view/tests/FallthroughAttributesTest.php
index ba301baaf..89a6f8475 100644
--- a/packages/view/tests/FallthroughAttributesTest.php
+++ b/packages/view/tests/FallthroughAttributesTest.php
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ public function render(): void
             view(__DIR__ . '/Fixtures/fallthrough.view.php'),
         );
 
-        $this->assertEquals(<<<'HTML'
+        $this->assertEquals(str_replace([' ', PHP_EOL], '', <<<'HTML'
         <div class="in-component component-class"></div>
         <div class="in-component component-class"></div>
         <div class="component-class" style="display: block;"></div>
         <div class="component-class" style="display: block;"></div>
-        HTML, $html);
+        HTML), str_replace([' ', PHP_EOL], '', $html));
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/view/tests/TempestViewLexerTest.php b/packages/view/tests/TempestViewLexerTest.php
index 9d533d535..0ba62e288 100644
--- a/packages/view/tests/TempestViewLexerTest.php
+++ b/packages/view/tests/TempestViewLexerTest.php
@@ -173,13 +173,40 @@ class=', TokenType::ATTRIBUTE_NAME),
                 new Token("\n>", TokenType::OPEN_TAG_END),
                 new Token('
 
-', TokenType::CONTENT),
+', TokenType::WHITESPACE),
                 new Token('</div>', TokenType::CLOSING_TAG),
             ],
             actual: $tokens,
         );
     }
 
+    public function test_whitespace(): void
+    {
+        $html = <<<'HTML'
+        <p><strong>Test</strong> <em>Test</em></p>
+        HTML;
+
+        $tokens = new TempestViewLexer($html)->lex();
+
+        $this->assertTokens(
+            expected: [
+                new Token('<p', TokenType::OPEN_TAG_START),
+                new Token('>', TokenType::OPEN_TAG_END),
+                new Token('<strong', TokenType::OPEN_TAG_START),
+                new Token('>', TokenType::OPEN_TAG_END),
+                new Token('Test', TokenType::CONTENT),
+                new Token('</strong>', TokenType::CLOSING_TAG),
+                new Token(' ', TokenType::WHITESPACE),
+                new Token('<em', TokenType::OPEN_TAG_START),
+                new Token('>', TokenType::OPEN_TAG_END),
+                new Token('Test', TokenType::CONTENT),
+                new Token('</em>', TokenType::CLOSING_TAG),
+                new Token('</p>', TokenType::CLOSING_TAG),
+            ],
+            actual: $tokens,
+        );
+    }
+
     public function test_lexer_with_falsy_values(): void
     {
         $html = <<<'HTML'
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Testing/Http/HttpRouterTesterIntegrationTest.php b/tests/Integration/Testing/Http/HttpRouterTesterIntegrationTest.php
index 6359e7d43..739ee93da 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Testing/Http/HttpRouterTesterIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Testing/Http/HttpRouterTesterIntegrationTest.php
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public function query(): void
     #[Test]
     public function raw_body_string(): void
     {
-        $this->registerRoute([TestController::class, 'handleRawBody']);
+        $this->http->registerRoute([TestController::class, 'handleRawBody']);
 
         $response = $this->http
             ->post('/raw-body', body: 'ok')
diff --git a/tests/Integration/View/ElementFactoryTest.php b/tests/Integration/View/ElementFactoryTest.php
index 5020c5a3f..529a2ca46 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/View/ElementFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/View/ElementFactoryTest.php
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 
 namespace Tests\Tempest\Integration\View;
 
+use Tempest\View\Element;
 use Tempest\View\Elements\ElementFactory;
 use Tempest\View\Elements\GenericElement;
 use Tempest\View\Elements\TextElement;
+use Tempest\View\Elements\WhitespaceElement;
 use Tempest\View\Parser\TempestViewParser;
 use Tests\Tempest\Integration\FrameworkIntegrationTestCase;
 
+use function Tempest\Support\arr;
+
 /**
  * @internal
  */
@@ -37,33 +41,41 @@ public function test_parental_relations(): void
         $a = $elementFactory->make(iterator_to_array($ast)[0]);
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(GenericElement::class, $a);
-        $this->assertCount(1, $a->getChildren());
+        $this->assertCount(1, $this->withoutWhitespace($a->getChildren()));
         $this->assertNull($a->getParent());
 
-        $b = $a->getChildren()[0];
+        $b = $this->withoutWhitespace($a->getChildren())[0];
         $this->assertInstanceOf(GenericElement::class, $b);
-        $this->assertCount(3, $b->getChildren());
+        $this->assertCount(3, $this->withoutWhitespace($b->getChildren()));
         $this->assertSame($b->getParent(), $a);
 
-        $c = $b->getChildren()[0];
+        $c = $this->withoutWhitespace($b->getChildren())[0];
         $this->assertInstanceOf(GenericElement::class, $c);
-        $this->assertCount(1, $c->getChildren());
+        $this->assertCount(1, $this->withoutWhitespace($c->getChildren()));
         $this->assertSame($c->getParent(), $b);
 
-        $text = $c->getChildren()[0];
+        $text = $this->withoutWhitespace($c->getChildren())[0];
         $this->assertInstanceOf(TextElement::class, $text);
         $this->assertSame($text->getParent(), $c);
 
-        $d = $b->getChildren()[1];
+        $d = $this->withoutWhitespace($b->getChildren())[1];
         $this->assertInstanceOf(GenericElement::class, $d);
-        $this->assertCount(0, $d->getChildren());
+        $this->assertCount(0, $this->withoutWhitespace($d->getChildren()));
         $this->assertSame($d->getParent(), $b);
         $this->assertSame($d->getPrevious(), $c);
 
-        $e = $b->getChildren()[2];
+        $e = $this->withoutWhitespace($b->getChildren())[2];
         $this->assertInstanceOf(GenericElement::class, $e);
-        $this->assertCount(0, $e->getChildren());
+        $this->assertCount(0, $this->withoutWhitespace($e->getChildren()));
         $this->assertSame($e->getParent(), $b);
         $this->assertSame($e->getPrevious(), $d);
     }
+
+    private function withoutWhitespace(array $elements): array
+    {
+        return arr($elements)
+            ->filter(fn (Element $element) => ! $element instanceof WhitespaceElement)
+            ->values()
+            ->toArray();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/View/TempestViewRendererTest.php b/tests/Integration/View/TempestViewRendererTest.php
index 8aad3af5f..134326e4c 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/View/TempestViewRendererTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/View/TempestViewRendererTest.php
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public function test_default_slot(): void
 
     public function test_implicit_default_slot(): void
     {
-        $this->assertStringEqualsStringIgnoringLineEndings(
+        $this->assertSnippetsMatch(
             <<<'HTML'
             <div class="base">
                 
@@ -891,4 +891,43 @@ public function test_discovery_locations_are_passed_to_compiler(): void
 
         $this->assertSnippetsMatch('<div>Hi</div>', $html);
     }
+
+    public function test_whitespace_between_inline_elements_is_preserved(): void
+    {
+        /** @var TempestViewRenderer $renderer */
+        $renderer = $this->get(TempestViewRenderer::class);
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            '<p><strong>Test</strong> <em>Test</em></p>',
+            $renderer->render('<p><strong>Test</strong> <em>Test</em></p>'),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function test_whitespace_introduced_by_line_breaks_is_preserved(): void
+    {
+        /** @var TempestViewRenderer $renderer */
+        $renderer = $this->get(TempestViewRenderer::class);
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            '<p><strong>Test</strong>
+<em>Test</em></p>',
+            $renderer->render('<p><strong>Test</strong>
+<em>Test</em></p>'),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function test_whitespace_with_blank_lines_between_inline_elements_is_preserved(): void
+    {
+        /** @var TempestViewRenderer $renderer */
+        $renderer = $this->get(TempestViewRenderer::class);
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            '<p><strong>Test</strong>
+            
+<em>Test</em></p>',
+            $renderer->render('<p><strong>Test</strong>
+            
+<em>Test</em></p>'),
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/View/ViewComponentTest.php b/tests/Integration/View/ViewComponentTest.php
index e5d15536b..38c528d03 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/View/ViewComponentTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/View/ViewComponentTest.php
@@ -471,14 +471,14 @@ public static function view_components(): Generator
     public function test_full_html_document_as_component(): void
     {
         $this->view->registerViewComponent('x-layout', <<<'HTML'
-            <html lang="en">
-            <head>
-                <title>Tempest View</title>
-            </head>
-            <body>
-                <x-slot />
-            </body>
-            </html>
+        <html lang="en">
+        <head>
+            <title>Tempest View</title>
+        </head>
+        <body>
+            <x-slot />
+        </body>
+        </html>
         HTML);
 
         $html = $this->view->render(<<<'HTML'
@@ -487,9 +487,16 @@ public function test_full_html_document_as_component(): void
         </x-layout>
         HTML);
 
-        $this->assertStringContainsString('<html lang="en"><head><title>Tempest View</title></head><body>', $html);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(<<<'HTML'
+        <html lang="en">
+        <head>
+            <title>Tempest View</title>
+        </head>
+        <body>
+        HTML, $html);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('Hello World', $html);
-        $this->assertStringContainsString('</body></html>', $html);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('</body>', $html);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('</html>', $html);
     }
 
     public function test_empty_slots_are_commented_out(): void