diff --git a/web/components/editor/contract-mention-suggestion.ts b/web/components/editor/contract-mention-suggestion.ts
index 39d024e7..38262946 100644
--- a/web/components/editor/contract-mention-suggestion.ts
+++ b/web/components/editor/contract-mention-suggestion.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const beginsWith = (text: string, query: string) =>
 export const contractMentionSuggestion: Suggestion = {
   char: '%',
   allowSpaces: true,
+  allowedPrefixes: [' '],
   pluginKey: new PluginKey('contract-mention'),
   items: async ({ query }) =>
     orderBy(
diff --git a/web/components/editor/mention-suggestion.ts b/web/components/editor/mention-suggestion.ts
index b4eeeebe..7e21e0f7 100644
--- a/web/components/editor/mention-suggestion.ts
+++ b/web/components/editor/mention-suggestion.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const beginsWith = (text: string, query: string) =>
 
 // copied from https://tiptap.dev/api/nodes/mention#usage
 export const mentionSuggestion: Suggestion = {
+  allowedPrefixes: [' '],
   items: async ({ query }) =>
     orderBy(
       (await getCachedUsers()).filter((u) =>