diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/util/gen_sct.py b/site_ansto/instrument/util/gen_sct.py
index 63b8ec68..dfa279c2 100755
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/util/gen_sct.py
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/util/gen_sct.py
@@ -1586,7 +1586,10 @@ def put_group(MyDriver, MyGroup):
         for idx, line in enumerate(txt):
             if len(line) > 0:
                 txt[idx] = '  ' + line
+        if len(txt[0]) == 0:
+            txt.pop(0)
         txt.insert(0, '    if {%s} {' % MyGroup['conditional'])
+        txt.insert(0, '')
         txt.append('    }')
 
     return txt