diff --git a/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim b/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim
index c24c09c..6c2633d 100644
--- a/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim
+++ b/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ func newHwylCliHelp*(
   flags: openArray[HwylFlagHelp] = @[],
   styles = HwylCliStyles()
 ): HwylCliHelp =
+  result.header = dedent(header).strip()
+  result.footer = dedent(footer).strip()
   result.description = dedent(description).strip()
   if Aliases in styles.settings:
     result.subcmds =
@@ -102,29 +104,28 @@ func render*(cli: HwylCliHelp, subcmd: HwylSubCmdHelp): string =
 func render*(cli: HwylCliHelp): string =
   if cli.header != "":
     result.add cli.header
-    result.add "\n"
   if cli.usage != "":
+    result.add "\n\n"
     result.add "[" & cli.styles.header & "]"
     result.add "usage[/]:\n"
     result.add indent(cli.usage, 2 )
-  result.add "\n"
   if cli.description != "":
-    result.add "\n"
+    result.add "\n\n"
     result.add cli.description
-    result.add "\n"
   if cli.subcmds.len > 0:
-    result.add "\n"
+    result.add "\n\n"
     result.add "[" & cli.styles.header & "]"
     result.add "subcommands[/]:\n"
     for s in cli.subcmds:
       result.add cli.render(s)
   if cli.flags.len > 0:
-    result.add "\n"
+    result.add "\n\n"
     result.add "[" & cli.styles.header & "]"
     result.add "flags[/]:\n"
     for f in cli.flags:
       result.add render(cli,f)
   if cli.footer != "":
+    result.add "\n"
     result.add cli.footer
 
 proc bb*(cli: HwylCliHelp): BbString = 
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ func generateCliHelpProc(cfg: CliCfg, printHelpName: NimNode): NimNode =
     helpFlags = cfg.flagsArray()
     subcmds = cfg.subCmdsArray()
     styles = cfg.help.styles or (quote do: HwylCliStyles())
-  <<< usage
+
   result = quote do:
     proc `printHelpName`() =
       echo bb(render(newHwylCliHelp(
diff --git a/tests/tcli.nim b/tests/tcli.nim
index c90201e..34f6e44 100644
--- a/tests/tcli.nim
+++ b/tests/tcli.nim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import std/[
 ]
 
 
-import hwylterm, hwylterm/cli
+import hwylterm, hwylterm/hwylcli
 
 suite "cli":
   test "cli":
@@ -13,5 +13,9 @@ suite "cli":
   [yellow]-h[/] [magenta]--help   [/] []show this help[/]
   [yellow]-V[/] [magenta]--version[/] []print version[/]
 """
-    let cli =  newHwylCli("[b]test-program[/] [[args...]",flags = [("h","help","show this help",),("V","version","print version")])
-    check $cli == $bb(expected)
+    let cli =
+      newHwylCliHelp(
+        header = "[b]test-program[/] [[args...]",
+        flags = [("h","help","show this help",),("V","version","print version")]
+      )
+    check $bb(cli) == $bb(expected)