diff --git a/src/buffer.rs b/src/buffer.rs
index 2f60395..9d23f63 100644
--- a/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/src/buffer.rs
@@ -704,7 +704,10 @@ impl Buffer {
                 let text_start = line_string.len();
                 line_string.push_str(text);
                 let text_end = line_string.len();
-                attrs_list.add_span(text_start..text_end, *attrs);
+                // Only add attrs if they don't match the defaults
+                if *attrs != attrs_list.defaults() {
+                    attrs_list.add_span(text_start..text_end, *attrs);
+                }
             }
 
             // we know that at the end of a line,
diff --git a/src/edit/syntect.rs b/src/edit/syntect.rs
index 5d995ac..be5e5b2 100644
--- a/src/edit/syntect.rs
+++ b/src/edit/syntect.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ impl<'a> Edit for SyntaxEditor<'a> {
                 match buffer.line_layout(font_system, line_i) {
                     Some(layout_lines) => {
                         total_layout += layout_lines.len() as i32;
-                    },
+                    }
                     None => {
                         //TODO: should this be possible?
                     }
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ impl<'a> Edit for SyntaxEditor<'a> {
             match buffer.line_layout(font_system, line_i) {
                 Some(layout_lines) => {
                     total_layout += layout_lines.len() as i32;
-                },
+                }
                 None => {
                     //TODO: should this be possible?
                 }