diff --git a/browser/layouts/BlockLayout.py b/browser/layouts/BlockLayout.py
index 5a9c716..6ee6137 100644
--- a/browser/layouts/BlockLayout.py
+++ b/browser/layouts/BlockLayout.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from browser.utils.logging import log
 from web.dom.elements.Element import Element
 from browser.styling.utils import style
+from web.dom.elements.Text import Text
 
 class BlockLayout(Layout):
     def __init__(self, node: Element, parent: Layout, previous: Layout):
diff --git a/browser/layouts/InlineLayout.py b/browser/layouts/InlineLayout.py
index 2e39e64..e741ea3 100644
--- a/browser/layouts/InlineLayout.py
+++ b/browser/layouts/InlineLayout.py
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ def text(self, element: Text) -> None:
         if style == "normal": style = "roman"
         size = int(float(element.style["font-size"][:-2]) * .75)
         font = get_font(size, font_weight_to_string(weight), style)
-        for word in element.data.split():
+        data = element.data.strip()
+        for word in data.split():
             w = font.measure(word)
             if self.parent.float == "none":
                 if self.cursor_x + w > self.width - globals.HSTEP:
diff --git a/browser/layouts/Layout.py b/browser/layouts/Layout.py
index 869667f..912dfcf 100644
--- a/browser/layouts/Layout.py
+++ b/browser/layouts/Layout.py
@@ -203,10 +203,6 @@ def layout_mode(self, node: Node) -> Literal["inline", "block"]:
                 if isinstance(child, Text): continue
                 if child.name in BLOCK_ELEMENTS:
                     mode =  "block"
-
-            style_mode = node.style.get("display")
-            if style_mode in ["inline", "block"]:
-                mode = style_mode
             return mode
         else:
             return "block"