diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/textboxlist/TextBoxListTagifyRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/textboxlist/TextBoxListTagifyRenderer.java
index 26efa12df92df602e564a7918384c95beb52d792..31fd3af63e40c2ad6af9c2e39adb7ecaef2dd160 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/textboxlist/TextBoxListTagifyRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/textboxlist/TextBoxListTagifyRenderer.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class TextBoxListTagifyRenderer extends DefaultComponentRenderer {
 			  .append("> </i>");
 		}
 		if (tblComponent.isShowLabelAsInlineText() && StringHelper.containsNonWhitespace(tblComponent.getTextElementImpl().getLabelText())) {
-			sb.append("&nbsp").append(tblComponent.getTextElementImpl().getLabelText()).append("&nbsp");
+			sb.append("&nbsp;").append(tblComponent.getTextElementImpl().getLabelText()).append("&nbsp;");
 		}
 		if (tblComponent.showSaveButton()) {
 			sb.append("<span class='input-group input-group-sm'>");
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public class TextBoxListTagifyRenderer extends DefaultComponentRenderer {
 		}
 		
 		if (tblComponent.isShowLabelAsInlineText() && StringHelper.containsNonWhitespace(tblComponent.getTextElementImpl().getLabelText())) {
-			output.append("&nbsp").append(tblComponent.getTextElementImpl().getLabelText()).append("&nbsp");
+			output.append("&nbsp;").append(tblComponent.getTextElementImpl().getLabelText()).append("&nbsp;");
 		}
 		
 		if (items != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/tree/MenuTreeRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/tree/MenuTreeRenderer.java
index 0cd14e82f7185b1b5196b4038ff179456f7522b0..00fa441bd3d3bdc8cc5072de2ea3775c78cc1e3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/tree/MenuTreeRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/components/tree/MenuTreeRenderer.java
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public class MenuTreeRenderer extends DefaultComponentRenderer {
 		target.append("</span>");
 		//render badge
 		if(node.getBadge() != null) {
-			target.append("&nbsp");
+			target.append("&nbsp;");
 			renderer.render(node.getBadge(), target, new String[] {});
 		}
 	}