diff --git a/libse/NetflixQualityCheck/NetflixWhiteSpaceChecker.cs b/libse/NetflixQualityCheck/NetflixWhiteSpaceChecker.cs
index 5c25413fcf..28b7a68ab4 100644
--- a/libse/NetflixQualityCheck/NetflixWhiteSpaceChecker.cs
+++ b/libse/NetflixQualityCheck/NetflixWhiteSpaceChecker.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public void Check(Subtitle subtitle, NetflixQualityReportBuilder report)
         {
             foreach (Paragraph p in subtitle.Paragraphs)
             {
-                foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(p.Text, "(\\s|\n|\r\n){2,}"))
+                foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(p.Text, "( |\n|\r\n){2,}"))
                 {
                     string timecode = p.StartTime.ToHHMMSSFF();
                     string context = NetflixQualityReportBuilder.StringContext(p.Text, m.Index, 6);