diff --git a/src/reassemble.html b/src/reassemble.html
index 1dbb9d0..14507b6 100644
--- a/src/reassemble.html
+++ b/src/reassemble.html
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
             padding: 10px;
             border-radius: 5px;
             margin-bottom: 20px;
+            display: flex;
+            justify-content: space-around; /* Align links evenly */
+            align-items: center;
         }
         nav a {
             color: #ffffff; /* Dark mode nav link color */
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@
         <a href="splitter.html">Splitter</a>
         <a href="reassemble.html">Reassembler</a>
     </nav>
-    
+
     <h1>eCash Text Reassembler</h1>
     
     <textarea id="firstMessage" placeholder="Paste the first message (with hash and total messages) here..."></textarea>
diff --git a/src/splitter.html b/src/splitter.html
index b6341a2..fd10898 100644
--- a/src/splitter.html
+++ b/src/splitter.html
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
             padding: 10px;
             border-radius: 5px;
             margin-bottom: 20px;
+            display: flex;
+            justify-content: space-around; /* Align links evenly */
+            align-items: center;
         }
         nav a {
             color: #ffffff; /* Dark mode nav link color */
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@
     
     <script>
         function splitText() {
-            const text = document.getElementById('inputText').value;
+            const text = document.getElementById('inputText').value.trim();
             const maxChunkSize = 150;
             const chunks = [];