diff --git a/.changeset/large-shrimps-hammer.md b/.changeset/large-shrimps-hammer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b33ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/large-shrimps-hammer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"marko-widgets": patch
+---
+
+Fix issue with optimizing html output.
diff --git a/packages/marko-widgets/src/translate/optmize-html-writes.ts b/packages/marko-widgets/src/translate/optmize-html-writes.ts
index 2bb0a30..6050e2b 100644
--- a/packages/marko-widgets/src/translate/optmize-html-writes.ts
+++ b/packages/marko-widgets/src/translate/optmize-html-writes.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ const mergeWriteCallsVisitor = {
     let nextExpr = curExpr;
 
     while ((nextExpr = curExpr.getNextSibling())) {
+      curExpr.remove();
       const nextContent = getOutContent(nextExpr);
       if (!nextContent) break;
-      curExpr.remove();
       quasis.push("");
       expressions.push(nextContent);
       curExpr = nextExpr;