diff --git a/src/msgmle.cpp b/src/msgmle.cpp
index c8249c48e..21d5e39c1 100644
--- a/src/msgmle.cpp
+++ b/src/msgmle.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public slots:
             } else if (charsAdded > 1) { // Insert a piece of text
                 return;
             } else {
-                static QRegularExpression capitalizeAfter("(?:(?:\\s*\\b\\w{2,}\\b[.!?]+\\s+)|(?:^\\s*))+(\\w)",
+                static QRegularExpression capitalizeAfter("(?:(?:\\s*\\b\\w{2,}\\b\\s*[.!?]+\\s+)|(?:^\\s*))+(\\w)",
                                                           QRegularExpression::UseUnicodePropertiesOption
                                                               | QRegularExpression::MultilineOption);
                 QRegularExpressionMatch   match;
diff --git a/version b/version
index 174949e48..687037d02 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.1938 (2024-05-30, 32df7c5f)
+1.5.1939 (2024-05-31, 78430066)