diff --git a/snippets/shx-3d-render-input.liquid b/snippets/shx-3d-render-input.liquid
index 4218ceb..d6cfbfe 100644
--- a/snippets/shx-3d-render-input.liquid
+++ b/snippets/shx-3d-render-input.liquid
@@ -555,12 +555,13 @@
     // this function is to show the user a help message if there could be spacing added between emojis and text
     function isEmojiSpacingOk(text) {
         // regex to find emojis followed by a letter or another emoji without a space in between
-        let regex = /([\u{1F600}-\u{1F64F}\u{1F300}-\u{1F5FF}\u{1F680}-\u{1F6FF}\u{1F700}-\u{1F77F}\u{1F780}-\u{1F7FF}\u{1F800}-\u{1F8FF}\u{1F900}-\u{1F9FF}\u{1FA00}-\u{1FA6F}\u{1FA70}-\u{1FAFF}])([^\s]|$)/gu;
-    
+        let regex = /([\u{1F600}-\u{1F64F}\u{1F300}-\u{1F5FF}\u{1F680}-\u{1F6FF}\u{1F700}-\u{1F77F}\u{1F780}-\u{1F7FF}\u{1F800}-\u{1F8FF}\u{1F900}-\u{1F9FF}\u{1FA00}-\u{1FA6F}\u{1FA70}-\u{1FAFF}])([^\\s]|$)|([^\\s])([\u{1F600}-\u{1F64F}\u{1F300}-\u{1F5FF}\u{1F680}-\u{1F6FF}\u{1F700}-\u{1F77F}\u{1F780}-\u{1F7FF}\u{1F800}-\u{1F8FF}\u{1F900}-\u{1F9FF}\u{1FA00}-\u{1FA6F}\u{1FA70}-\u{1FAFF}])/gu;
+
         // check if the regex finds a matching pattern
         let match;
         while ((match = regex.exec(text)) !== null) {
-            if (match[2] !== ' ' && match[2] !== '') {
+            // either match[2] or match[4] is the problematic character
+            if ((match[2] !== ' ' && match[2] !== '') || (match[3] && match[3] !== ' ')) {
                 return false;
             }
         }