diff --git a/src/views/app.html b/src/views/app.html
index 970f1dfe6..038f39cb4 100644
--- a/src/views/app.html
+++ b/src/views/app.html
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@
               <fieldset>
                 <div class="form-group">
                   <label class="control-label" style="width: 100%">Robots.txt <sup><a ng-href="https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/#robotstxt" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup> <a href="" class="pull-right" style="font-weight: normal;" ng-click="security.robotsTxt = ROBOTS_DISABLE_INDEXING_TEMPLATE">Disable indexing</a></label>
-                  <textarea ng-model="security.robotsTxt" placeholder="Leave empty to allow all bots to index this app" class="form-control" rows="4"></textarea>
+                  <textarea ng-trim="false" style="white-space: pre-wrap" ng-model="security.robotsTxt" placeholder="Leave empty to allow all bots to index this app" class="form-control" rows="4"></textarea>
                 </div>
 
                 <div class="form-group">