diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/autosuggest_input.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/autosuggest_input.jsx
index 97da532ebb..f707a18e1d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/autosuggest_input.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/autosuggest_input.jsx
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import { AutosuggestHashtag } from './autosuggest_hashtag';
 const textAtCursorMatchesToken = (str, caretPosition, searchTokens) => {
   let word;
 
-  let left  = str.slice(0, caretPosition).search(/[^\s\u200B]+$/);
-  let right = str.slice(caretPosition).search(/[\s\u200B]/);
+  let left  = str.slice(0, caretPosition).search(/\S+$/);
+  let right = str.slice(caretPosition).search(/\s/);
 
   if (right < 0) {
     word = str.slice(left);
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const textAtCursorMatchesToken = (str, caretPosition, searchTokens) => {
   word = word.trim().toLowerCase();
 
   if (word.length > 0) {
-    return [left, word];
+    return [left + 1, word];
   } else {
     return [null, null];
   }
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx
index 9fd199a21c..07fbccacc9 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import { AutosuggestHashtag } from './autosuggest_hashtag';
 const textAtCursorMatchesToken = (str, caretPosition) => {
   let word;
 
-  let left  = str.slice(0, caretPosition).search(/[^\s\u200B]+$/);
-  let right = str.slice(caretPosition).search(/[\s\u200B]/);
+  let left  = str.slice(0, caretPosition).search(/\S+$/);
+  let right = str.slice(caretPosition).search(/\s/);
 
   if (right < 0) {
     word = str.slice(left);
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const textAtCursorMatchesToken = (str, caretPosition) => {
   word = word.trim().toLowerCase();
 
   if (word.length > 0) {
-    return [left, word];
+    return [left + 1, word];
   } else {
     return [null, null];
   }