diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp b/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp
index e74591e04..beb038796 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ namespace kiwix {
 	  /* snippet */
 	  std::string snippet = std::string(this->htmlParser.dump, 0, 300);
 	  std::string::size_type last = snippet.find_last_of('.');
+	  if (last != snippet.npos)
+	    last = snippet.find_last_of(' ');
 	  if (last != snippet.npos)
 	    snippet = snippet.substr(0, last+1);