diff --git a/src/Test/Core/MergeShortLinesUtilsTest.cs b/src/Test/Core/MergeShortLinesUtilsTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c996b668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Test/Core/MergeShortLinesUtilsTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Common;
+
+namespace Test.Core
+{
+    [TestClass]
+    public class MergeShortLinesUtilsTest
+    {
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ThreeShortLines()
+        {
+            var subtitle = new Subtitle();
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph("How", 0, 200));
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph("are", 200, 400));
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph("you?", 400, 600));
+            var mergedSubtitle = MergeShortLinesUtils.MergeShortLinesInSubtitle(subtitle, 500, 80, true);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, mergedSubtitle.Paragraphs.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("How are you?", mergedSubtitle.Paragraphs[0].Text);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ThreeShortLinesNoMergeDueToLength()
+        {
+            var subtitle = new Subtitle();
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph("How", 0, 200));
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph("are", 200, 400));
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph("you?", 400, 600));
+            var mergedSubtitle = MergeShortLinesUtils.MergeShortLinesInSubtitle(subtitle, 500, 2, true);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, mergedSubtitle.Paragraphs.Count);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ThreeShortLinesNoMergeDueToGap()
+        {
+            var subtitle = new Subtitle();
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph("How", 0, 200));
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph("are", 2000, 2400));
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph("you?", 4400, 4600));
+            var mergedSubtitle = MergeShortLinesUtils.MergeShortLinesInSubtitle(subtitle, 500, 80, true);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, mergedSubtitle.Paragraphs.Count);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Test/Test.csproj b/src/Test/Test.csproj
index cf4828629..bda14cee6 100644
--- a/src/Test/Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Test/Test.csproj
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Assa\ResamplerTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Assa\AssaTimeCodes.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\AudioToTextTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Core\MergeShortLinesUtilsTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\CsvUtilTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\WebVttHelperTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\WebVttToAssaTest.cs" />
diff --git a/src/libse/Common/MergeShortLinesUtils.cs b/src/libse/Common/MergeShortLinesUtils.cs
index ce764d808..25b4bcf50 100644
--- a/src/libse/Common/MergeShortLinesUtils.cs
+++ b/src/libse/Common/MergeShortLinesUtils.cs
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Common
     {
         public static Subtitle MergeShortLinesInSubtitle(Subtitle subtitle, double maxMillisecondsBetweenLines, int maxCharacters, bool onlyContinuousLines)
         {
-            string language = LanguageAutoDetect.AutoDetectGoogleLanguage(subtitle);
+            var language = LanguageAutoDetect.AutoDetectGoogleLanguage(subtitle);
             var mergedSubtitle = new Subtitle();
-            bool lastMerged = false;
+            var lastMerged = false;
             Paragraph p = null;
-            for (int i = 1; i < subtitle.Paragraphs.Count; i++)
+            for (var i = 1; i < subtitle.Paragraphs.Count; i++)
             {
                 if (!lastMerged)
                 {
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Common
                 {
                     if (Utilities.QualifiesForMerge(p, next, maxMillisecondsBetweenLines, maxCharacters, onlyContinuousLines))
                     {
-                        if (GetStartTag(p.Text) == GetStartTag(next.Text) &&
-                            GetEndTag(p.Text) == GetEndTag(next.Text))
+                        if (GetStartTag(p.Text) == GetStartTag(next.Text) && GetEndTag(p.Text) == GetEndTag(next.Text))
                         {
-                            string s1 = p.Text.Trim();
+                            var s1 = p.Text.Trim();
                             s1 = s1.Substring(0, s1.Length - GetEndTag(s1).Length);
-                            string s2 = next.Text.Trim();
+                            var s2 = next.Text.Trim();
                             s2 = s2.Substring(GetStartTag(s2).Length);
                             p.Text = Utilities.AutoBreakLine(s1 + Environment.NewLine + s2, language);
                         }
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Common
             }
 
             var endTag = string.Empty;
-            int start = text.LastIndexOf("</", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            var start = text.LastIndexOf("</", StringComparison.Ordinal);
             if (start > 0 && start >= text.Length - 8)
             {
                 endTag = text.Substring(start);
@@ -93,11 +92,12 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Common
             }
 
             var startTag = string.Empty;
-            int end = text.IndexOf('>');
+            var end = text.IndexOf('>');
             if (end > 0 && end < 25)
             {
                 startTag = text.Substring(0, end + 1);
             }
+
             return startTag;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/CommandLineConvert/CommandLineConverter.cs b/src/ui/Logic/CommandLineConvert/CommandLineConverter.cs
index fc1e863da..83ea871c9 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/CommandLineConvert/CommandLineConverter.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/CommandLineConvert/CommandLineConverter.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Ocr;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Drawing;
-using System.Drawing.Imaging;
+using System.Drawing.Imaging;   
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;