diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 2453ceb..16b8ad1 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ if (array_key_exists("submitted", $_REQUEST)) {
 	}
 	
 	$ends_of_sentence = ['.', '!', '?'];
-	if (preg_match("/\p{L}/", $word[0])) { // check if first character is letter (including ä, ê, ß stuff)
+	
+	$word = rtrim($word);
+	if (preg_match("/[\p{L}0-9]/", $word[0])) { // check if first character is letter (including ä, ê, ß stuff)
 		$content .= " ";
 	}
 	$content .= htmlentities($word);