diff --git a/brute.cc b/brute.cc
index 6785227..f663e2a 100644
--- a/brute.cc
+++ b/brute.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ void shift(char* text, int key)
 	std::cout << key << ": ";
 	for(int i = 0; text[i] != 0; ++i)
 	{
+		if(text[i] == ' ')
+		{
+			std::cout << ' ';
+			continue;
+		}
 		char c = std::tolower(text[i])-key;
 		if(c < 'a') c+=26;
 		if(c > 'z') c-=26;
diff --git a/shift.cc b/shift.cc
index d7e2ee7..c4694c8 100644
--- a/shift.cc
+++ b/shift.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	
 	for(int i = 0; text[i] != 0; ++i)
 	{
+		if(text[i] == ' ')
+		{
+			std::cout << ' ';
+			continue;
+		}
 		char c = std::tolower(text[i])+key;
 		if(c < 'a') c+=26;
 		if(c > 'z') c-=26;
diff --git a/vigenere.cc b/vigenere.cc
index 9bdc885..c726269 100644
--- a/vigenere.cc
+++ b/vigenere.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	int ki = 0;
 	for(int pi = 0; text[pi] != 0; ++pi)
 	{
+		if(text[i] == ' ')
+		{
+			std::cout << ' ';
+			continue;
+		}
 		char c = std::tolower(text[pi]) + keyvalue(key[ki]);
 		if(c < 'a') c+=26;
 		if(c > 'z') c-=26;