diff --git a/inf-clojure.el b/inf-clojure.el
index 4d32d06..a97066b 100644
--- a/inf-clojure.el
+++ b/inf-clojure.el
@@ -683,16 +683,40 @@ HOST is the host the process is running on, PORT is where it's listening."
   (interactive "shost: \nnport: ")
   (inf-clojure (cons host port)))
 
+(defun inf-clojure--forms-without-newlines (str)
+  "Remove newlines between toplevel forms.
+STR is a string of contents to be evaluated.  When sending
+multiple forms to a socket repl, each newline triggers a prompt.
+So we replace all newlines between top level forms but not inside
+of forms."
+  (condition-case nil
+      (with-temp-buffer
+        (progn
+          (clojurec-mode)
+          (insert str)
+          (whitespace-cleanup)
+          (goto-char (point-min))
+          (while (not (eobp))
+            (while (looking-at "\n")
+              (delete-char 1))
+            (unless (eobp)
+              (clojure-forward-logical-sexp))
+            (unless (eobp)
+              (forward-char)))
+          (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point-max))))
+    (scan-error str)))
+
 (defun inf-clojure-eval-region (start end &optional and-go)
   "Send the current region to the inferior Clojure process.
 Sends substring between START and END.  Prefix argument AND-GO
 means switch to the Clojure buffer afterwards."
   (interactive "r\nP")
-  ;; drops newlines at the end of the region
-  (let ((str (replace-regexp-in-string
-              "[\n]+\\'" ""
-              (buffer-substring-no-properties start end))))
-    (inf-clojure--send-string (inf-clojure-proc) str))
+  (let* ((str (buffer-substring-no-properties start end))
+         ;; newlines over a socket repl between top level forms cause
+         ;; a prompt to be returned. so here we dump the region into a
+         ;; temp buffer, and delete all newlines between the forms
+         (formatted (inf-clojure--forms-without-newlines str)))
+    (inf-clojure--send-string (inf-clojure-proc) formatted))
   (when and-go (inf-clojure-switch-to-repl t)))
 
 (defun inf-clojure-eval-string (code)
diff --git a/test/inf-clojure-tests.el b/test/inf-clojure-tests.el
index c35c9b2..635ac2c 100644
--- a/test/inf-clojure-tests.el
+++ b/test/inf-clojure-tests.el
@@ -48,76 +48,106 @@
     (expect (inf-clojure--kw-to-symbol "::keyword") :to-equal "keyword")
     (expect (inf-clojure--kw-to-symbol nil) :to-equal nil)))
 
-(describe "completion bounds at point" ()
+(describe "completion bounds at point"
   (it "computes bounds for plain-text"
-      (ict-with-assess-buffers
-       ((a (insert "plain-text")))
-       (with-current-buffer a
-         (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
-                 :to-equal "plain-text"))))
+    (ict-with-assess-buffers
+     ((a (insert "plain-text")))
+     (with-current-buffer a
+       (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
+               :to-equal "plain-text"))))
 
   (it "computes bounds for @deref"
-      (ict-with-assess-buffers
-       ((a (insert "@deref")))
-       (with-current-buffer a
-         (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
-                 :to-equal "deref"))))
+    (ict-with-assess-buffers
+     ((a (insert "@deref")))
+     (with-current-buffer a
+       (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
+               :to-equal "deref"))))
 
   (it "computes bounds for ^:keyword"
-      (ict-with-assess-buffers
-       ((a (insert "^:keyword")))
-       (with-current-buffer a
-         (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
-                 :to-equal ":keyword"))))
+    (ict-with-assess-buffers
+     ((a (insert "^:keyword")))
+     (with-current-buffer a
+       (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
+               :to-equal ":keyword"))))
 
   (it "computes bounds for ::keyword"
-      (ict-with-assess-buffers
-       ((a (insert "::keyword")))
-       (with-current-buffer a
-         (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
-                 :to-equal "::keyword"))))
+    (ict-with-assess-buffers
+     ((a (insert "::keyword")))
+     (with-current-buffer a
+       (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
+               :to-equal "::keyword"))))
 
   (it "computes bounds for [^:keyword (combined break chars and keyword)"
-      (ict-with-assess-buffers
-       ((a (insert "[^:keyword")))
-       (with-current-buffer a
-         (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
-                 :to-equal ":keyword"))))
+    (ict-with-assess-buffers
+     ((a (insert "[^:keyword")))
+     (with-current-buffer a
+       (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
+               :to-equal ":keyword"))))
 
   (it "computes no bounds for point directly after a break expression"
-      (ict-with-assess-buffers
-       ((a (insert "@")))
-       (with-current-buffer a
-         (expect
-          (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
-          :not :to-be nil))))
+    (ict-with-assess-buffers
+     ((a (insert "@")))
+     (with-current-buffer a
+       (expect
+        (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
+        :not :to-be nil))))
 
   (it "computes bounds for [symbol"
-      (ict-with-assess-buffers
-       ((a (insert "[symbol")))
-       (with-current-buffer a
-         (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
-                 :to-equal "symbol"))))
+    (ict-with-assess-buffers
+     ((a (insert "[symbol")))
+     (with-current-buffer a
+       (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
+               :to-equal "symbol"))))
 
   (it "computes bounds for (@deref (multiple break chars)"
-      (ict-with-assess-buffers
-       ((a (insert "(@deref")))
-       (with-current-buffer a
-         (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
-                 :to-equal "deref")))))
+    (ict-with-assess-buffers
+     ((a (insert "(@deref")))
+     (with-current-buffer a
+       (expect (ict-bounds-string (inf-clojure-completion-bounds-of-expr-at-point))
+               :to-equal "deref")))))
 
 (describe "inf-clojure--sanitize-command"
   (it "sanitizes the command correctly"
-     (expect (inf-clojure--sanitize-command "(doc println)") :to-equal "(doc println)\n"))
+    (expect (inf-clojure--sanitize-command "(doc println)") :to-equal "(doc println)\n"))
 
   (it "trims newline at the right of a command"
-     (expect (inf-clojure--sanitize-command "(doc println)\n\n\n\n") :to-equal "(doc println)\n"))
+    (expect (inf-clojure--sanitize-command "(doc println)\n\n\n\n") :to-equal "(doc println)\n"))
 
   (it "returns empty string when the command is empty"
-      (expect (inf-clojure--sanitize-command "   ") :to-equal ""))
+    (expect (inf-clojure--sanitize-command "   ") :to-equal ""))
 
   (it "only removes whitespace at the end of the command - fix 152"
-     (expect (inf-clojure--sanitize-command "1   5") :to-equal "1   5\n")))
+    (expect (inf-clojure--sanitize-command "1   5") :to-equal "1   5\n")))
+
+(describe "inf-clojure--forms-without-newlines"
+  (it "removes newlines between toplevel forms"
+    (expect (inf-clojure--forms-without-newlines
+             "(def foo 3)\n\n\n(def bar 4)")
+            :to-equal "(def foo 3)\n(def bar 4)"))
+  (it "doesn't remove newlines inside forms or strings"
+    (expect (inf-clojure--forms-without-newlines
+             "
+
+(defn foo []
+
+  :foo)
+
+
+(def thing \"this
+
+is a string\")
+
+(defn bar [])")
+            ;; note no leading newline, newlines inside defn remain,
+            ;; newlines inside string remain
+            :to-equal "(defn foo []
+
+  :foo)
+(def thing \"this
+
+is a string\")
+(defn bar [])")))
+
 
 (describe "inf-clojure--update-feature"
   (it "updates new forms correctly"