diff --git a/src/teamwork.sh b/src/teamwork.sh
index 69ef6b11..bdf536e9 100644
--- a/src/teamwork.sh
+++ b/src/teamwork.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ teamwork::pull_request_opened() {
   # local -r pr_stats=$(github::get_pr_patch_stats)
   local -r pr_body=$(github::get_pr_body)
   # IFS=" " read -r -a pr_stats_array <<< "$pr_stats"
-  local -r substring="##Teamwork task link" #discard anything from this text onwards in the PR template
+  local -r substring="## Teamwork task link" #discard anything from this text onwards in the PR template
   local -r extracted_body=${pr_body%%$substring*}
 
   teamwork::add_comment "