diff --git a/grammars/verilogPreprocLexer.g4 b/grammars/verilogPreprocLexer.g4
index 8fb4adec..59cc0ee2 100644
--- a/grammars/verilogPreprocLexer.g4
+++ b/grammars/verilogPreprocLexer.g4
@@ -359,11 +359,15 @@ mode KEYWOORDS_MODE;
 // include argument processing
 mode INCLUDE_MODE;
     INCLUDE_MODE_STR
-        :  STR -> type(STR),popMode
+        :  STR -> type(STR)
         ;
+
     INCLUDE_MODE_STR_CHEVRONS
-        :  '<' ( ~('\\'|'>') )* '>' -> type(STR),popMode
+        :  '<' ( ~('\\'|'>') )* '>' -> type(STR)
         ;
+    INCLUDE_LINE_COMMENT : LINE_COMMENT -> popMode,type(LINE_COMMENT),channel(CH_LINE_COMMENT);
+    INCLUDE_MODE_NEW_LINE: CRLF -> type(NEW_LINE),popMode,skip;
+
     INCLUDE_MODE_MACRO_ENTER: '`' -> popMode,pushMode(DIRECTIVE_MODE),skip;
     INCLUDE_MODE_WS : WS ->skip;
 
diff --git a/src/verilogPreproc/out_buffer.cpp b/src/verilogPreproc/out_buffer.cpp
index 68d863e5..ee11c42d 100644
--- a/src/verilogPreproc/out_buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/verilogPreproc/out_buffer.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ VerilogPreprocOutBuffer& VerilogPreprocOutBuffer::operator<<(
 
 VerilogPreprocOutBuffer& VerilogPreprocOutBuffer::operator<<(
 		const VerilogPreprocOutBuffer &other) {
-	(*this) << endl;
 	(*static_cast<stringstream*>(this)) << other.str();
 	for (auto &i : other.file_line_map) {
 		FileLineMapItem i_new(i.line + output_line, i.file_override,
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/expected/debug_macro.txt b/tests/sv_pp/expected/debug_macro.txt
index a1a5103d..8a8ee519 100644
--- a/tests/sv_pp/expected/debug_macro.txt
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/expected/debug_macro.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@
 
 
 
-
-
     $display(">> %s, %d: %s", "sv_pp/src/debug_macro.txt", 3, "msg")
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/dir0-a/dir1-a/spec_incdir.txt b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/dir0-a/dir1-a/spec_incdir.txt
index 807a1ca1..1124e96b 100644
--- a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/dir0-a/dir1-a/spec_incdir.txt
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/dir0-a/dir1-a/spec_incdir.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-
 "good content"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/dir0-a/local_include_higher_priority.txt b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/dir0-a/local_include_higher_priority.txt
index 807a1ca1..1124e96b 100644
--- a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/dir0-a/local_include_higher_priority.txt
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/dir0-a/local_include_higher_priority.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-
 "good content"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory.txt b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory.txt
index 8528768f..d1f22783 100644
--- a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory.txt
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory.txt
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-
-"file2-a.txt"
-
-"file2-a.txt"
-
-"file2-a.txt"
+"file2-a.txt""file2-a.txt""file2-a.txt"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory2.txt b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53e98acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"file2-a.txt"
+"file2-a.txt"
+"file2-a.txt"
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/transitive.txt b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/transitive.txt
index a7c0eed4..92cde8dc 100644
--- a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/transitive.txt
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_many_dir/transitive.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-
 "transitive-0"
-
 "transitive-1"
-
 "transitive-2"
-
 "transitive-3"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_same_dir/basic_include.txt b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_same_dir/basic_include.txt
index 12fb4c89..5e2ef389 100644
--- a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_same_dir/basic_include.txt
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_same_dir/basic_include.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 
 
-
 "a.vh"
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_same_dir/basic_include2times.txt b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_same_dir/basic_include2times.txt
index dd0b6a63..5e2ef389 100644
--- a/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_same_dir/basic_include2times.txt
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/expected/include_same_dir/basic_include2times.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 
 
-
 "a.vh"
-
-
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/src/include_many_dir/dir0-a/dir1-a/file2-b.txt b/tests/sv_pp/src/include_many_dir/dir0-a/dir1-a/file2-b.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba5cbc4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/src/include_many_dir/dir0-a/dir1-a/file2-b.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"file2-a.txt"
diff --git a/tests/sv_pp/src/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory2.txt b/tests/sv_pp/src/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbf9d3d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sv_pp/src/include_many_dir/from_subdirectory2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+`include "dir0-a/dir1-a/file2-b.txt"
+`include "./dir0-a/dir1-a/file2-b.txt"
+`include "./dir0-a/../dir0-a/dir1-a/file2-b.txt"
diff --git a/tests/test_verilog_preproc_include.py b/tests/test_verilog_preproc_include.py
index 92187d68..a906c78e 100644
--- a/tests/test_verilog_preproc_include.py
+++ b/tests/test_verilog_preproc_include.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ def test_basic_include2times(self):
 
     def test_from_subdirectory(self):
         self.run_test(["include_many_dir", "from_subdirectory.txt"], [])
+    
+    def test_from_subdirectory2(self):
+        self.run_test(["include_many_dir", "from_subdirectory2.txt"], [])
 
     def test_local_include_higher_priority(self):
         self.run_test(