diff --git a/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py b/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
index ae6a7b4..6f40547 100644
--- a/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
+++ b/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ class HtmlConverter(DocumentConverter):
 
         assert isinstance(webpage_text, str)
 
+        # remove leading and trailing \n
+        webpage_text = webpage_text.strip()
+
         return DocumentConverterResult(
             title=None if soup.title is None else soup.title.string,
             text_content=webpage_text,