diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 6f3f409..f9dd990 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const version = "2.4.0";
+const version = "2.4.1";
 import x2i from "./x2i";
 import { existsSync } from "fs";
 
diff --git a/x2i/index.ts b/x2i/index.ts
index 9d6be35..11ab312 100644
--- a/x2i/index.ts
+++ b/x2i/index.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export default function x2i(content: string) {
     const parts = match.slice(2, 6);
     if (parts.length === 4) {
       var [k, l, m, r] = parts;
-      if (k === "hi") { m = m.toLowerCase() }
+      if (k === "hi") { m = m.replace(/\s/g, '').toLowerCase() }
       const converted = force(k, l, m, r); // eg x, [, text, ]
 
       if (converted) {