diff --git a/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
index e2aea53..62fd808 100644
--- a/.prettierrc
+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
     "singleQuote": true,
     "jsxBracketSameLine": true,
     "semi": true,
-    "importOrder": ["^@server/(.*)$", "^@core/(.*)$", "^@ui/(.*)$", "^[./]"],
+    "importOrder": [
+        "",
+        "^@server/(.*)$",
+        "^@core/(.*)$",
+        "^@ui/(.*)$",
+        "",
+        "^[./]"
+    ],
     "importOrderSeparation": true
 }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index b452933..f08fec8 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const options = {
         array: true,
         default: [{ value: [] }],
         description: 'Provide a list of plugins for special syntax',
-    }
+    },
 };
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/src/utils/get-sorted-nodes.ts b/src/utils/get-sorted-nodes.ts
index cd0f40f..3c2b76d 100644
--- a/src/utils/get-sorted-nodes.ts
+++ b/src/utils/get-sorted-nodes.ts
@@ -27,51 +27,41 @@ export const getSortedNodes = (
     importOrderSeparation: boolean,
 ) => {
     const originalNodes = nodes.map(clone);
+
     const newLine =
         importOrderSeparation && nodes.length > 1 ? newLineNode : null;
-    const sortedNodesByImportOrder = order.reduce(
-        (
-            res: (ImportDeclaration | ExpressionStatement)[],
-            val,
-        ): (ImportDeclaration | ExpressionStatement)[] => {
-            const x = originalNodes.filter(
-                (node) => node.source.value.match(new RegExp(val)) !== null,
-            );
+    const sortedNodesByImportOrder = order.reduce((res, val) => {
+        if (val === '') return [...res, newLineNode];
 
-            // remove "found" imports from the list of nodes
-            pull(originalNodes, ...x);
+        const sorted = originalNodes
+            .filter((node) => node.source.value.match(new RegExp(val)) !== null)
+            .sort((a, b) => naturalSort(a.source.value, b.source.value));
 
-            if (x.length > 0) {
-                x.sort((a, b) => naturalSort(a.source.value, b.source.value));
+        // remove "found" imports from the list of nodes
+        pull(originalNodes, ...sorted);
 
-                if (res.length > 0) {
-                    return compact([...res, newLine, ...x]);
-                }
-                return x;
-            }
-            return res;
-        },
-        [],
-    );
+        return compact([...res, newLine, ...sorted]);
+    }, [] as (ImportDeclaration | ExpressionStatement)[]);
 
     const sortedNodesNotInImportOrder = originalNodes.filter(
-        (node) => !isSimilarTextExistInArray(order, node.source.value),
+        (node) => !isSimilarTextExistInArray(compact(order), node.source.value),
     );
 
     sortedNodesNotInImportOrder.sort((a, b) =>
         naturalSort(a.source.value, b.source.value),
     );
 
-    const shouldAddNewLineInBetween =
-        sortedNodesNotInImportOrder.length > 0 && importOrderSeparation;
-
     const allSortedNodes = compact([
         ...sortedNodesNotInImportOrder,
-        shouldAddNewLineInBetween ? newLineNode : null,
         ...sortedNodesByImportOrder,
         newLineNode, // insert a newline after all sorted imports
     ]);
 
+    // remove trailing newlines
+    while (allSortedNodes[0] === newLineNode) {
+        allSortedNodes.shift();
+    }
+
     // maintain a copy of the nodes to extract comments from
     const sortedNodesClone = allSortedNodes.map(clone);
 
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/__snapshots__/ppsi.spec.js.snap b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/__snapshots__/ppsi.spec.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6d545b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/__snapshots__/ppsi.spec.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`example.tsx - typescript-verify: example.tsx 1`] = `
+// @ts-nocheck
+import threeLevelRelativePath from '../../../threeLevelRelativePath';
+import sameLevelRelativePath from './sameLevelRelativePath';
+import thirdParty from 'third-party';
+import React, { FC } from 'react';
+export { random } from './random';
+import oneLevelRelativePath from '../oneLevelRelativePath';
+import otherthing from '@core/otherthing';
+import twoLevelRelativePath from '../../twoLevelRelativePath';
+import component from '@ui/hello';
+interface HelloWorldProps {
+    name: string;
+}
+
+const HelloWorld: FC<HelloWorldProps> = ({ name }) => {
+    return <div>Hello, {name}</div>;
+};
+
+export default HelloWorld;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+// @ts-nocheck
+import React, { FC } from "react";
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+
+export { random } from "./random";
+
+interface HelloWorldProps {
+    name: string;
+}
+
+const HelloWorld: FC<HelloWorldProps> = ({ name }) => {
+    return <div>Hello, {name}</div>;
+};
+
+export default HelloWorld;
+
+`;
+
+exports[`import-export-in-between.ts - typescript-verify: import-export-in-between.ts 1`] = `
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+export { random } from './random';
+import c from 'c';
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import a from 'a';
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+export default {
+    title: 'hello',
+};
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import x from 'x';
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+  return a + b;
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+import a from "a";
+import c from "c";
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+import x from "x";
+
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+
+export { random } from "./random";
+
+export default {
+    title: "hello",
+};
+
+function add(a: number, b: number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
+
+`;
+
+exports[`import-export-only.ts - typescript-verify: import-export-only.ts 1`] = `
+import React from 'react';
+export const a = 1;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+import React from "react";
+
+export const a = 1;
+
+`;
+
+exports[`imports-with-comments.ts - typescript-verify: imports-with-comments.ts 1`] = `
+// I am top level comment in this file.
+// I am second line of top level comment in this file.
+import './commands';
+
+// Comment
+// Comment
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+// I am top level comment in this file.
+// I am second line of top level comment in this file.
+import "./commands";
+
+// Comment
+// Comment
+
+function add(a: number, b: number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
+
+`;
+
+exports[`imports-with-comments-and-third-party.ts - typescript-verify: imports-with-comments-and-third-party.ts 1`] = `
+// I am top level comment in this file.
+// I am second line of top level comment in this file.
+import './commands';
+import React from 'react';
+// Comment
+// Comment
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+// I am top level comment in this file.
+// I am second line of top level comment in this file.
+import React from "react";
+
+import "./commands";
+
+// Comment
+// Comment
+
+function add(a: number, b: number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
+
+`;
+
+exports[`imports-with-comments-on-top.ts - typescript-verify: imports-with-comments-on-top.ts 1`] = `
+// I am top level comment in this file.
+// I am second line of top level comment in this file.
+import z from 'z';
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import abc from "@core/abc";
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import xyz from "@ui/xyz";
+import qwerty from "@server/qwerty";
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+  return a + b;
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+// I am top level comment in this file.
+// I am second line of top level comment in this file.
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+import z from "z";
+
+import abc from "@core/abc";
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import qwerty from "@server/qwerty";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+import xyz from "@ui/xyz";
+
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+
+function add(a: number, b: number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
+
+`;
+
+exports[`imports-with-file-level-comments.ts - typescript-verify: imports-with-file-level-comments.ts 1`] = `
+//@ts-ignore
+// I am file top level comments
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+// I am stick to sameLevelRelativePath
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+// I am stick to third party comment
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+// leading comment
+import { 
+    random // inner comment
+} from './random';
+// leading comment
+export { 
+    random // inner comment
+} from './random';
+import c from 'c';
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import a from 'a';
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+export default {
+    title: 'hello',
+};
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import x from 'x';
+
+// I am function comment
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+  return a + b; // I am inside function 
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+//@ts-ignore
+// I am file top level comments
+import a from "a";
+import c from "c";
+// I am stick to third party comment
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+import x from "x";
+
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+// leading comment
+import {
+    random, // inner comment
+} from "./random";
+// I am stick to sameLevelRelativePath
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+
+// leading comment
+export {
+    random, // inner comment
+} from "./random";
+
+export default {
+    title: "hello",
+};
+
+// I am function comment
+
+function add(a: number, b: number) {
+    return a + b; // I am inside function
+}
+
+`;
+
+exports[`imports-without-third-party.ts - typescript-verify: imports-without-third-party.ts 1`] = `
+// I am top level comment
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import abc from "@core/abc";
+// I am comment
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import something from "@server/something";
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+// I am top level comment
+import abc from "@core/abc";
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+// I am comment
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+
+`;
+
+exports[`no-import-export.ts - typescript-verify: no-import-export.ts 1`] = `
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+function add(a: number, b: number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
+
+`;
+
+exports[`one-import.ts - typescript-verify: one-import.ts 1`] = `
+// This example support/index.js is processed and
+// loaded automatically before your test files.
+//
+// This is a great place to put global configuration and
+// behavior that modifies Cypress.
+//
+// You can change the location of this file or turn off
+// automatically serving support files with the
+// 'supportFile' configuration option.
+//
+// You can read more here:
+// https://on.cypress.io/configuration
+// ***********************************************************
+
+// Import commands.js using ES2015 syntax:
+import './commands';
+
+// Alternatively you can use CommonJS syntax:
+// require('./commands')
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+// This example support/index.js is processed and
+// loaded automatically before your test files.
+//
+// This is a great place to put global configuration and
+// behavior that modifies Cypress.
+//
+// You can change the location of this file or turn off
+// automatically serving support files with the
+// 'supportFile' configuration option.
+//
+// You can read more here:
+// https://on.cypress.io/configuration
+// ***********************************************************
+// Import commands.js using ES2015 syntax:
+import "./commands";
+
+// Alternatively you can use CommonJS syntax:
+// require('./commands')
+
+`;
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/example.tsx b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/example.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80814fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/example.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// @ts-nocheck
+import threeLevelRelativePath from '../../../threeLevelRelativePath';
+import sameLevelRelativePath from './sameLevelRelativePath';
+import thirdParty from 'third-party';
+import React, { FC } from 'react';
+export { random } from './random';
+import oneLevelRelativePath from '../oneLevelRelativePath';
+import otherthing from '@core/otherthing';
+import twoLevelRelativePath from '../../twoLevelRelativePath';
+import component from '@ui/hello';
+interface HelloWorldProps {
+    name: string;
+}
+
+const HelloWorld: FC<HelloWorldProps> = ({ name }) => {
+    return <div>Hello, {name}</div>;
+};
+
+export default HelloWorld;
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/import-export-in-between.ts b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/import-export-in-between.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16bc1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/import-export-in-between.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+export { random } from './random';
+import c from 'c';
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import a from 'a';
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+export default {
+    title: 'hello',
+};
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import x from 'x';
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+  return a + b;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/import-export-only.ts b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/import-export-only.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44f7eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/import-export-only.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import React from 'react';
+export const a = 1;
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-comments-and-third-party.ts b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-comments-and-third-party.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9fb311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-comments-and-third-party.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// I am top level comment in this file.
+// I am second line of top level comment in this file.
+import './commands';
+import React from 'react';
+// Comment
+// Comment
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-comments-on-top.ts b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-comments-on-top.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b08ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-comments-on-top.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// I am top level comment in this file.
+// I am second line of top level comment in this file.
+import z from 'z';
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import abc from "@core/abc";
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import xyz from "@ui/xyz";
+import qwerty from "@server/qwerty";
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+  return a + b;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-comments.ts b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-comments.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67b8e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-comments.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// I am top level comment in this file.
+// I am second line of top level comment in this file.
+import './commands';
+
+// Comment
+// Comment
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-file-level-comments.ts b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-file-level-comments.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ffcfb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-with-file-level-comments.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//@ts-ignore
+// I am file top level comments
+import threeLevelRelativePath from "../../../threeLevelRelativePath";
+// I am stick to sameLevelRelativePath
+import sameLevelRelativePath from "./sameLevelRelativePath";
+// I am stick to third party comment
+import thirdParty from "third-party";
+// leading comment
+import { 
+    random // inner comment
+} from './random';
+// leading comment
+export { 
+    random // inner comment
+} from './random';
+import c from 'c';
+import oneLevelRelativePath from "../oneLevelRelativePath";
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import a from 'a';
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+export default {
+    title: 'hello',
+};
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import something from "@server/something";
+import x from 'x';
+
+// I am function comment
+
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+  return a + b; // I am inside function 
+}
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-without-third-party.ts b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-without-third-party.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef1797a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/imports-without-third-party.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// I am top level comment
+import otherthing from "@core/otherthing";
+import abc from "@core/abc";
+// I am comment
+import twoLevelRelativePath from "../../twoLevelRelativePath";
+import component from "@ui/hello";
+import fourLevelRelativePath from "../../../../fourLevelRelativePath";
+import something from "@server/something";
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/no-import-export.ts b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/no-import-export.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8f71db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/no-import-export.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function add(a:number,b:number) {
+    return a + b;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/one-import.ts b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/one-import.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35d75ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/one-import.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// This example support/index.js is processed and
+// loaded automatically before your test files.
+//
+// This is a great place to put global configuration and
+// behavior that modifies Cypress.
+//
+// You can change the location of this file or turn off
+// automatically serving support files with the
+// 'supportFile' configuration option.
+//
+// You can read more here:
+// https://on.cypress.io/configuration
+// ***********************************************************
+
+// Import commands.js using ES2015 syntax:
+import './commands';
+
+// Alternatively you can use CommonJS syntax:
+// require('./commands')
diff --git a/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/ppsi.spec.js b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/ppsi.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44d746d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImportsSeparatedByEmptyRegex/ppsi.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+run_spec(__dirname, ['typescript'], {
+    importOrder: [
+        '',
+        '^@core/(.*)$',
+        '^@server/(.*)',
+        '^@ui/(.*)$',
+        '',
+        '^[./]',
+    ],
+    importOrderSeparation: false,
+});