diff --git a/app/dragon-bot.py b/app/dragon-bot.py
index 1aa24908..bfa0596e 100644
--- a/app/dragon-bot.py
+++ b/app/dragon-bot.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ async def on_message(message):
     if message.content.startswith('!bigtext'):
       big_text = ''
       for letter in message.content.replace('!bigtext ', ''):
-        if letter == ' ':
+        if letter == '   ':
           big_text += letter
         else:
           big_text += ":regional_indicator_%s:" % letter