diff --git a/plugins/degesch/censor.lua b/plugins/degesch/censor.lua
index d28ca83..a768aed 100644
--- a/plugins/degesch/censor.lua
+++ b/plugins/degesch/censor.lua
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ degesch.setup_config {
 
 local censor = function (line)
 	-- Taking a shortcut to avoid lengthy message reassembly
-	local start, text = line:match ("^(.- PRIVMSG .-:)(.*)$")
+	local start, text = line:match ("^(.- PRIVMSG .- :)(.*)$")
 	local ctcp, rest = text:match ("^(\x01%g+ )(.*)")
 	text = ctcp and ctcp .. "\x0301,01" .. rest or "\x0301,01" .. text
 	return start .. text
diff --git a/plugins/degesch/slack.lua b/plugins/degesch/slack.lua
index 5600a8f..dcddb3c 100644
--- a/plugins/degesch/slack.lua
+++ b/plugins/degesch/slack.lua
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ end)
 degesch.hook_irc (function (hook, server, line)
 	if not servers[server.name] then return line end
 	if unemojify then
-		local start, text = line:match ("^(.- PRIVMSG .-:)(.*)$")
+		local start, text = line:match ("^(.- PRIVMSG .- :)(.*)$")
 		if start then return start .. text:gsub (":([a-z_]+):", function (name)
 			if emoji[name] then return emoji[name] end
 			return ":" .. name .. ":"