diff --git a/scripts/check-consistency.sh b/scripts/check-consistency.sh
index 8ee879b..b1f01f2 100755
--- a/scripts/check-consistency.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-consistency.sh
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ function check_progress()
             for ((i = subtask_line_index + 1; i < line_index; i++)); do
                 if [[ "${lines[i]}" =~ ^[[:space:]]*$ ]]; then
                     subtask_body_trailing_lines+="${lines[i]}"$'\n'
-                elif [[ -z "$subtask_body" ]]; then
-                    subtask_body+="${lines[i]}"$'\n'
-                    subtask_body_trailing_lines="" # ignore any leading blank lines
+                # elif [[ -z "$subtask_body" ]]; then
+                #     subtask_body+="${lines[i]}"$'\n'
+                #     subtask_body_trailing_lines="" # ignore any leading blank lines
                 else
                     # add subtask_body_trailing_lines since they're lines in between non-blank lines
                     subtask_body+="$subtask_body_trailing_lines${lines[i]}"$'\n'