diff --git a/maigret/utils.py b/maigret/utils.py
index aef05cb..e980a6c 100644
--- a/maigret/utils.py
+++ b/maigret/utils.py
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ def ascii_data_display(data: str) -> Any:
 
 def get_dict_ascii_tree(items, prepend="", new_line=True):
     new_result = b'\xe2\x94\x9c'.decode()
-    new_line = b'\xe2\x94\x80'.decode()
+    h_line = b'\xe2\x94\x80'.decode()
     last_result = b'\xe2\x94\x94'.decode()
     skip_result = b'\xe2\x94\x82'.decode()
 
     text = ""
     for num, item in enumerate(items):
         box_symbol = (
-            new_result + new_line if num != len(items) - 1 else last_result + new_line
+            new_result + h_line if num != len(items) - 1 else last_result + h_line
         )
 
         if isinstance(item, tuple):
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 2a96c80..26ca1cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -233,3 +233,16 @@ def test_is_plausible_username_rejects_non_strings():
     assert not is_plausible_username(None)
     assert not is_plausible_username(42)
     assert not is_plausible_username(["alice"])
+
+
+def test_get_dict_ascii_tree_new_line_false_strips_leading_newline():
+    # new_line=False must drop the leading newline. It used to be a no-op
+    # because the parameter was shadowed by the horizontal box-drawing glyph.
+    items = [('a', '1'), ('b', '2')]
+    with_nl = get_dict_ascii_tree(items)
+    without_nl = get_dict_ascii_tree(items, new_line=False)
+
+    assert with_nl.startswith('\n')
+    assert not without_nl.startswith('\n')
+    # Only the leading newline differs; the tree content is identical.
+    assert with_nl[1:] == without_nl