diff --git a/js/localization.js b/js/localization.js
index 90165cb3..f3c882fb 100644
--- a/js/localization.js
+++ b/js/localization.js
@@ -194,5 +194,5 @@ function tDocLoader() {
 function tWordBreak(text) {
   // adds soft hyphens every 10 characters to ensure the long words break before breaking the layout
   return text.length <= 10 ? text :
-    text.replace(/([\d\w\u007B-\uFFFF]{10}|[\d\w\u007B-\uFFFF]{5,10}[!-/]|((?!\s)\W){10})(?!\b)/g, '$&\u00AD');
+    text.replace(/([\d\w\u007B-\uFFFF]{10}|[\d\w\u007B-\uFFFF]{5,10}[!-/]|((?!\s)\W){10})(?!\b|\s)/g, '$&\u00AD');
 }