diff --git a/lib/readmore.dart b/lib/readmore.dart
index d237641..0f6c459 100644
--- a/lib/readmore.dart
+++ b/lib/readmore.dart
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class ReadMoreTextState extends State<ReadMoreText> {
           ? widget.trimCollapsedText.isNotEmpty
               ? widget.delimiter
               : ''
-          : '',
+          : ' ',
       style: defaultDelimiterStyle,
       recognizer: _recognizer,
     );