diff --git a/_compile.php b/_compile.php
index a7040683..bb4f7bef 100644
--- a/_compile.php
+++ b/_compile.php
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ function php_shrink($input) {
 	$set = array_flip(preg_split('//', '!"#$&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^`{|}'));
 	$space = '';
 	$output = '';
-	foreach ($tokens as $i => $token) {
+	$in_echo = false;
+	for (reset($tokens); list($i, $token) = each($tokens); ) {
 		if (!is_array($token)) {
 			$token = array(0, $token);
 		}
@@ -123,6 +124,15 @@ function php_shrink($input) {
 				if ($token[1] == ';') {
 					$shortening = true;
 				}
+			} elseif ($token[0] == T_ECHO) {
+				$in_echo = true;
+			} elseif ($token[1] == ';' && $in_echo) {
+				$in_echo = false;
+				if ($tokens[$i+1][0] === T_WHITESPACE && $tokens[$i+2][0] === T_ECHO) {
+					next($tokens);
+					next($tokens);
+					$token[1] = '.'; //! join ''.'' and "".""
+				}
 			} elseif ($token[0] === T_VARIABLE && !isset($special_variables[$token[1]])) {
 				$token[1] = '$' . $short_variables[$token[1]];
 			} elseif ($token[0] === T_STRING && $tokens[$i+1] === '(' && isset($defined_functions[$token[1]])