var bar = 'foo';
/*
Some
commented
lines
// var baz = 'test';*/
var foo = 'bar';

var bar = 'foo';

var bar = 'foo';var foo = 'bar';

diff --git classes/ezjscjavascriptoptimizer.php classes/ezjscjavascriptoptimizer.php
index 0e38835d85c3d68ff9a0b90ca7a3527d1094ef12..efc02c86cf25e50ad9a2743abdadead9480e5b48 100644
--- classes/ezjscjavascriptoptimizer.php
+++ classes/ezjscjavascriptoptimizer.php
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ class ezjscJavascriptOptimizer
         // Normalize line feeds
         $script = str_replace( array( "\r\n", "\r" ), "\n", $script );
 
-        // Remove whitespace from start & end of line + singelline comment + multiple linefeeds
-        $script = preg_replace( array( '/\n\s+/', '/\s+\n/', '#\n\s*//.*#', '/\n+/' ), "\n", $script );
-
         // Remove multiline comments
         $script = preg_replace( '!(?:\n|\s|^)/\*[^*]*\*+([^/][^*]*\*+)*/!', '', $script );
         $script = preg_replace( '!(?:;)/\*[^*]*\*+([^/][^*]*\*+)*/!', ';', $script );
 
+        // Remove whitespace from start & end of line + singelline comment + multiple linefeeds
+        $script = preg_replace( array( '/\n\s+/', '/\s+\n/', '#\n\s*//.*#', '/\n+/' ), "\n", $script );
+
         return $script;
     }
 }