diff --git a/nginxfmt.py b/nginxfmt.py
index 0ed26d1..3244b85 100755
--- a/nginxfmt.py
+++ b/nginxfmt.py
@@ -67,9 +67,15 @@ def clean_lines(orig_lines) -> list:
             if line.startswith("#"):
                 cleaned_lines.append(strip_variable_template_tags(line))
             else:
-                cleaned_lines.extend(
-                    [strip_variable_template_tags(l).strip() for l in re.split(r"([{}])", line) if l != ""])
-
+                if line.count(";") > 1:
+                    newlines = line.split(";")
+                    cleaned_lines.extend(clean_lines(["".join([ln, ";"]) for ln in newlines if ln != ""]))
+                else:
+                    if line.startswith("rewrite"):
+                        cleaned_lines.append(strip_variable_template_tags(line)) 
+                    else:
+                        cleaned_lines.extend(
+                            [strip_variable_template_tags(l).strip() for l in re.split(r"([{}])", line) if l != ""])
     return cleaned_lines
 
 
diff --git a/test_nginxfmt.py b/test_nginxfmt.py
index 9018cd4..17c662d 100644
--- a/test_nginxfmt.py
+++ b/test_nginxfmt.py
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ class TestFormatter(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(["{", "ala", "# ma  {{", "kota", "}", "to", "}", "# }"],
                          clean_lines(("{", "ala  ", "# ma  {{", "  kota ", "}", " to} ", "# }")))
+        
+        self.assertEqual(["{", "ala", "# ma  {{", "rewrite /([\d]{2}) /up/$1.html last;", "}", "to", "}"],
+                        clean_lines(("{", "ala  ", "# ma  {{", "  rewrite /([\d]{2}) /up/$1.html last;  ", "}", " to", "}")))
+
+        self.assertEqual(["{", "ala", "# ma  {{", "aa last;", "bb to;", "}"],
+                        clean_lines(("{", "ala  ", "# ma  {{", " aa last;  bb  to; ", "}")))
 
         self.assertEqual(["location ~ /\.ht", "{"], clean_lines(["location ~ /\.ht {", ]))
 
@@ -178,6 +184,16 @@ class TestFormatter(unittest.TestCase):
                                '}\n' +
                                '# in my line\n')
 
+    def test_multi_semicolon(self):
+        self._check_formatting('location /a { \n' +
+                               'allow   127.0.0.1; allow  10.0.0.0/8; deny all; \n' +
+                               '}\n',
+                               'location /a {\n' +
+                               '    allow 127.0.0.1;\n' +
+                               '    allow 10.0.0.0/8;\n' +
+                               '    deny all;\n' +
+                               '}\n')
+
     def test_loading_utf8_file(self):
         tmp_file = tempfile.mkstemp('utf-8')[1]
         shutil.copy('test-files/umlaut-utf8.conf', tmp_file)