diff --git a/check_numberdealers.py b/check_numberdealers.py
index fa2b251..4665c1d 100755
--- a/check_numberdealers.py
+++ b/check_numberdealers.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ for line in sys.stdin:
 
 	if "message" in line and line["message"] != "":
 		message = line["message"]
-		message = re.sub(r"^[#>]* *|[*_`]*", "", message)
+		message = re.sub(r"^[#>]* ?|[*_`]*", "", message)
 		for emoji, numb in NUMBER_EMOJI.items():
 			message = re.sub(f" *:{emoji}: *", numb, message)
-		message = re.sub(" *:(?:green)?num([0-9]+): *", lambda m: m.group(1), message)
+		message = re.sub(" ?:(?:green)?num([0-9]+): ?", lambda m: m.group(1), message)
 		message = message.replace("\ufe0f", "").replace("\u20e3", "")
 		message = message.strip()
 	else: