diff --git a/modules/text_generation.py b/modules/text_generation.py
index 72ccf996..f640b2cc 100644
--- a/modules/text_generation.py
+++ b/modules/text_generation.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def apply_stopping_strings(reply, all_stop_strings):
 
 def get_reply_from_output_ids(output_ids, state, starting_from=0):
     reply = decode(output_ids[starting_from:], state['skip_special_tokens'])
-    if hasattr(shared.tokenizer, 'convert_ids_to_tokens') and len(output_ids) > starting_from and shared.tokenizer.convert_ids_to_tokens(int(output_ids[starting_from])).startswith('▁'):
+    if (hasattr(shared.tokenizer, 'convert_ids_to_tokens') and len(output_ids) > starting_from and shared.tokenizer.convert_ids_to_tokens(int(output_ids[starting_from])).startswith('▁')) and not reply.startswith(' '):
         reply = ' ' + reply
 
     return reply