diff --git a/src/Posting/QR.coffee b/src/Posting/QR.coffee
index 24209cf08..2eed475ff 100644
--- a/src/Posting/QR.coffee
+++ b/src/Posting/QR.coffee
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ QR =
         # Too many frequent mistyped captchas will auto-ban you!
         # On connection error, the post most likely didn't go through.
         QR.cooldown.set delay: 2
-      else if err.textContent and m = err.textContent.match /wait\s(\d+)\ssecond/i
+      else if err.textContent and m = err.textContent.match /wait\s+(\d+)\s+second/i
         QR.cooldown.auto = if QR.captcha.isEnabled
           !!QR.captcha.captchas.length
         else