diff --git a/src/gui/Window.cc b/src/gui/Window.cc
index 85da226..d2516cd 100644
--- a/src/gui/Window.cc
+++ b/src/gui/Window.cc
@@ -367,7 +367,9 @@ void Window::draw_text()
         if (screen_row >= 0)
         {
             uint32_t character = *cursor;
-            if (character != 0xFFFFFFFFu)
+            if ((character != 0xFFFFFFFFu) &&
+                    (character != ' ') &&
+                    (character != '\t'))
                 draw_character(screen_column, screen_row, character);
         }
         if (!cursor.go_right(1))