diff --git a/program/steps/utils/spell_googie.inc b/program/steps/utils/spell_googie.inc
index 4417da843..bb6b9e106 100644
--- a/program/steps/utils/spell_googie.inc
+++ b/program/steps/utils/spell_googie.inc
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ if (!empty($CONFIG['spellcheck_uri']))
   }
 
 $data = file_get_contents('php://input');
+// Google has some problem with spaces, use \n instead
+$data = str_replace(' ', "\n", $data);
 $store = "";
 
 if ($fp = fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, 30))
diff --git a/program/steps/utils/spell_html_googie.inc b/program/steps/utils/spell_html_googie.inc
index 73011f5b9..ceda62687 100644
--- a/program/steps/utils/spell_html_googie.inc
+++ b/program/steps/utils/spell_html_googie.inc
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if (!empty($CONFIG['spellcheck_uri']))
   $path = $a_uri['path'] . ($a_uri['query'] ? '?'.$a_uri['query'] : '') . $lang;
   }
 
-$wordstr = implode(' ', (array) $data);
+$wordstr = implode("\n", (array) $data);
 $data = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>'
     .'<spellrequest textalreadyclipped="0" ignoredups="0" ignoredigits="1" ignoreallcaps="1">'
     .'<text>' . $wordstr . '</text>'