fix pre output
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9ce709eb..5d527500d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Reversed `pre` and `code` tags in base HTML format https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2642
 - Fix syntax error when building with nuitka https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2635
 - Fixed pretty printing of empty dataclass https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/2819
+- Fixes superfluous spaces in html output https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/2832
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/rich/_export_format.py b/rich/_export_format.py
index ea4020904..094d2dc22 100644
--- a/rich/_export_format.py
+++ b/rich/_export_format.py
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 </head>
 <html>
 <body>
-    <pre style="font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace">
-        <code>{code}</code>
-    </pre>
+    <pre style="font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace"><code>{code}</code></pre>
 </body>
 </html>
 """
diff --git a/tests/test_console.py b/tests/test_console.py
index 8c72e8da0..227752158 100644
--- a/tests/test_console.py
+++ b/tests/test_console.py
@@ -528,7 +528,8 @@ def test_export_html():
     console = Console(record=True, width=100)
     console.print("[b]foo <script> 'test' [link=https://example.org]Click[/link]")
     html = console.export_html()
-    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n.r1 {font-weight: bold}\n.r2 {color: #ff00ff; text-decoration-color: #ff00ff; font-weight: bold}\n.r3 {color: #008000; text-decoration-color: #008000; font-weight: bold}\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace">\n        <code><span class="r1">foo &lt;</span><span class="r2">script</span><span class="r1">&gt; </span><span class="r3">&#x27;test&#x27;</span><span class="r1"> </span><a class="r1" href="https://example.org">Click</a>\n</code>\n    </pre>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
+    print(repr(html))
+    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n.r1 {font-weight: bold}\n.r2 {color: #ff00ff; text-decoration-color: #ff00ff; font-weight: bold}\n.r3 {color: #008000; text-decoration-color: #008000; font-weight: bold}\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace"><code><span class="r1">foo &lt;</span><span class="r2">script</span><span class="r1">&gt; </span><span class="r3">&#x27;test&#x27;</span><span class="r1"> </span><a class="r1" href="https://example.org">Click</a>\n</code></pre>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
     assert html == expected
 
 
@@ -536,7 +537,8 @@ def test_export_html_inline():
     console = Console(record=True, width=100)
     console.print("[b]foo [link=https://example.org]Click[/link]")
     html = console.export_html(inline_styles=True)
-    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace">\n        <code><span style="font-weight: bold">foo </span><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="https://example.org">Click</a></span>\n</code>\n    </pre>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
+    print(repr(html))
+    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace"><code><span style="font-weight: bold">foo </span><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="https://example.org">Click</a></span>\n</code></pre>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
     assert html == expected
 
 
@@ -589,14 +591,16 @@ def test_save_text():
 
 
 def test_save_html():
-    expected = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <pre style=\"font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace\">\n        <code>foo\n</code>\n    </pre>\n</body>\n</html>\n"
+    expected = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <pre style=\"font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace\"><code>foo\n</code></pre>\n</body>\n</html>\n"
     console = Console(record=True, width=100)
     console.print("foo")
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as path:
         export_path = os.path.join(path, "example.html")
         console.save_html(export_path)
         with open(export_path, "rt") as html_file:
-            assert html_file.read() == expected
+            html = html_file.read()
+            print(repr(html))
+            assert html == expected
 
 
 def test_no_wrap():

Fixes https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/2832