diff --git a/ttyverse.pl b/ttyverse.pl
index 3fbb0a4..dec4051 100755
--- a/ttyverse.pl
+++ b/ttyverse.pl
@@ -2034,8 +2034,8 @@ if (length($credentials)) {
 	# Update server configuration (character limits, etc.)
 	&update_server_config;
 	
-	# Check and sync profile if enabled
-	&check_and_sync_profile($keyfile);
+	# Check and sync profile if enabled (only for interactive mode)
+	&check_and_sync_profile($keyfile) unless (length($status));
 }
 
 #### BOT/DAEMON MODE STARTUP ####
@@ -10933,10 +10933,11 @@ sub cosplit {
 	$mode += 0;
 	$k = $orig_k;
 
-	# optimize whitespace
+	# optimize whitespace (but preserve intentional newlines)
 	$k =~ s/^\s+//;
 	$k =~ s/\s+$//;
-	$k =~ s/\s+/ /g;
+	# Only flatten whitespace if it doesn't contain intentional newlines
+	$k =~ s/\s+/ /g unless ($k =~ /\n/);
 	$z = &$lengthsub($k);
 	return ($k) if ($z <= $linelength); # also handles the trivial case