diff --git a/encrypted.txt b/encrypted.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fb9d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encrypted.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+
+-----BEGIN OTP MESSAGE-----
+Version: v0.2.72
+Pad-ChkSum: 97d9d82b5414a9439102f3811fb90ab1d6368a00d33229a18b306476f9d04f82
+Pad-Offset: 2873419
+
+iR6J7HHK1Oc6
+-----END OTP MESSAGE-----
+
+
diff --git a/otp.c b/otp.c
index cfade7a..3720813 100644
--- a/otp.c
+++ b/otp.c
@@ -1390,8 +1390,15 @@ int encrypt_text(const char* pad_identifier, const char* input_text) {
         printf("Warning: Failed to update state file\n");
     }
     
-    // Output in ASCII armor format
-    printf("\n\n-----BEGIN OTP MESSAGE-----\n");
+    // Output in ASCII armor format - clean format for piping, spaced format for interactive
+    int is_interactive = (input_text == NULL); // Interactive if no input_text provided
+    
+    if (is_interactive) {
+        printf("\n\n-----BEGIN OTP MESSAGE-----\n");
+    } else {
+        printf("-----BEGIN OTP MESSAGE-----\n");
+    }
+    
     printf("Version: %s\n", get_version());
     printf("Pad-ChkSum: %s\n", chksum_hex);
     printf("Pad-Offset: %lu\n", current_offset);
@@ -1403,7 +1410,11 @@ int encrypt_text(const char* pad_identifier, const char* input_text) {
         printf("%.64s\n", base64_cipher + i);
     }
     
-    printf("-----END OTP MESSAGE-----\n\n\n");
+    if (is_interactive) {
+        printf("-----END OTP MESSAGE-----\n\n\n");
+    } else {
+        printf("-----END OTP MESSAGE-----\n");
+    }
     
     // Cleanup
     free(pad_data);