diff --git a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/draw/graphics/text/Parser.java b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/draw/graphics/text/Parser.java
index ed25320d0..cefcbd323 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/draw/graphics/text/Parser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/draw/graphics/text/Parser.java
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@ public class Parser {
                             java.lang.Character t = COMMANDS.get(command);
                             if (t == null)
                                 sentence.add(new Simple('\\' + command));
-                            else
+                            else {
                                 sentence.add(new Character(t));
+                                if (peekChar() == ' ')
+                                    getChar();
+                            }
                     }
 
                     break;
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/neemann/digital/draw/graphics/text/ParserTest.java b/src/test/java/de/neemann/digital/draw/graphics/text/ParserTest.java
index bc74ba80b..f2e9b82fd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/neemann/digital/draw/graphics/text/ParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/neemann/digital/draw/graphics/text/ParserTest.java
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ public class ParserTest extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("Decorate{≥1, MATH}", new Parser("$≥1$").parse().toString());
         assertEquals("Decorate{MR, OVERLINE}", new Parser("~MR").parse().toString());
 
-        assertEquals("A=∑ b", new Parser("A=\\sum b").parse().toString());
+        assertEquals("A=∑b", new Parser("A=\\sum b").parse().toString());
         assertEquals("A=∑^{m}_{n=0}", new Parser("A=\\sum_{n=0}^m").parse().toString());
-        assertEquals("Y=A⊕B", new Parser("Y=A\\oplus{}B").parse().toString());
-        assertEquals("Y=A⊙B", new Parser("Y=A\\odot{}B").parse().toString());
+        assertEquals("Y=A⊕B", new Parser("Y=A\\oplus B").parse().toString());
+        assertEquals("Y=A⊙B", new Parser("Y=A\\odot B").parse().toString());
     }
 
 }