diff --git a/sourcing/templates/view.html b/sourcing/templates/view.html
index fb888e7..3a94b6d 100644
--- a/sourcing/templates/view.html
+++ b/sourcing/templates/view.html
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ div#text { font-family: Courier; }
     <p><a href="{{ url_for('.home') }}">back to index</a></p>
 
     <div class="well" id="text">
-    {% if span_start and span_length %}
+    {% if span_length %}
       {%- for start, line in add_highlight(doc.text, span_start, span_length) if line -%}
         <p data-start="{{ start }}">
           {% for i in line %}
             {%- if i.highlight -%}
-              {% if i.highlight != '\n' and i.highlight != '\r\n' %}
+              {%- if i.highlight != '\n' and i.highlight != '\r\n' -%}
                 <span class="highlight">{{- nbsp_at_start(i.highlight) -}}</span>
-              {% endif %}
+              {%- endif -%}
             {%- else -%}
               {{- nbsp_at_start(i.text) -}}
             {%- endif -%}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ div#text { font-family: Courier; }
     {% endif %}
     </div>
 
-    {% if doc.type == 'sourcedoc' and not (span_start and span_length) %}
+    {% if doc.type == 'sourcedoc' and not span_length %}
       <a href="#" id="show-span-selector" class="btn btn-default">show span selector</a>
       <p id="span-selector" class="hidden">span: <span id="span"></span></p>
     {% endif %}