diff --git a/lumber.asm b/lumber.asm
index 1f66041..03b444e 100644
--- a/lumber.asm
+++ b/lumber.asm
@@ -1715,6 +1715,9 @@ no_branch_l
 ;--------------------------------------------------
 ; print text from temp address to screen at temp2 address
 ; X = characters to print
+    lda #0
+    tay
+    sta (temp2),y   ; first space fix
     stx tempbyte2
 @   jsr PrintChar
     dec tempbyte2
diff --git a/lumber.xex b/lumber.xex
index 1ac1aaa..6d0730e 100644
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