diff --git a/src/bot/events/messageCreate.js b/src/bot/events/messageCreate.js
index 9e166af6..ca6ccaee 100644
--- a/src/bot/events/messageCreate.js
+++ b/src/bot/events/messageCreate.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function replicaHandler(message, replicaChannel) {
 
     // if the source and target channels are equals, check if the message is the same as the original or if it's coming from the same language
     if (replicaChannel.source_channel_id === replicaChannel.target_channel_id && (translated.text === message.content || translated.from === replicaChannel.target_language_code)) return;
-    else translated.text += `[。](<${message.url}>)`; //adds a discrete character at the end of each messages referencing the original message
+    else translated.text += ` [。](<${message.url}>)`; //adds a discrete character at the end of each messages referencing the original message
 
     // if possible use webhooks, otherwise use the bot
     // if the channel is a thread the webhook needs to be created in the parent channel