diff --git a/options.js b/options.js
index 2ced38b..f23339f 100644
--- a/options.js
+++ b/options.js
@@ -93,11 +93,17 @@ function defaults()
         default: 0,
         label: "Popup requires key"
     });
+    settings.push({
+        id: "strip_spaces",
+        kind: "checkbox",
+        default: true,
+        label: "Strip spaces (for when spaces find their way into Japanese text and it breaks word searching)"
+    });
     settings.push({
         id: "ignore_linebreaks",
         kind: "checkbox",
         default: true,
-        label: "Ignore hard line breaks (disable for text with preformatted linewraps)"
+        label: "Ignore hard line breaks (disable for text with preformatted linebreaks)"
     });
     settings.push({
         id: "ignore_divs",
diff --git a/texthook.js b/texthook.js
index ef7ec18..67ef634 100644
--- a/texthook.js
+++ b/texthook.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ reading_fontsize: 15,
 corner: 0,
 xoffset: 5,
 yoffset: 22,
+strip_spaces: true,
 ignore_linebreaks: true,
 ignore_divs: false,
 sticky: false,
@@ -1090,6 +1091,7 @@ async function settings_init()
         getvar("xoffset", 5);
         getvar("yoffset", 22);
         
+        getvar("strip_spaces", true);
         getvar("ignore_linebreaks", true);
         getvar("ignore_divs", false);
         getvar("sticky", false);
@@ -1377,9 +1379,18 @@ function grab_text(textNode, offset, elemental)
     moreText = grab_more_text(textNode, -1) + moreText + grab_more_text(textNode);
     
     if(settings.ignore_linebreaks)
+    {
         text = text.replace(/\n/g, "");
-    if(settings.ignore_linebreaks)
         moreText = moreText.replace(/\n/g, "");
+    }
+    
+    if(settings.strip_spaces)
+    {
+        text = text.replace(/ /g, "");
+        moreText = moreText.replace(/ /g, "");
+        text = text.replace(/　/g, "");
+        moreText = moreText.replace(/　/g, "");
+    }
     
     let index = moreText.lastIndexOf(text);