diff --git a/submissions/views.py b/submissions/views.py
index 3e38c390df9dbd678cb6a5da184c86304a5ded8f..d2a17da1e369e4b1cc29e81c51b72d16b81db724 100644
--- a/submissions/views.py
+++ b/submissions/views.py
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ def recruit_referee(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
 
             # Create and send a registration invitation
             ref_inv_message_head = (
-                'On behalf of the Editor-in-charge {eic_title} {eic_last_name}, we would'
+                'On behalf of the Editor-in-charge {eic_title} {eic_last_name}, we would '
                 'like to invite you to referee a Submission to {journal}, namely'
                 '\n{sub_title}'
                 '\nby {sub_author_list}'