diff --git a/docroot/sites/all/modules/contrib/maxlength/js/maxlength.js b/docroot/sites/all/modules/contrib/maxlength/js/maxlength.js
index 6916ad3..f9127c2 100644
--- a/docroot/sites/all/modules/contrib/maxlength/js/maxlength.js
+++ b/docroot/sites/all/modules/contrib/maxlength/js/maxlength.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     // making the lineendings with two chars
     input = ml.twochar_lineending(input);
     // We do want that the space characters to count as 1, not 6...
-    input = input.replace(' ', ' ');
+    input = input.replace(/ /gi, ' ');
      //input = input.split(' ').join('');
     // Strips HTML and PHP tags from a string
      allowed = (((allowed || "") + "")