diff --git a/VoiceInk/Views/ModelSettingsView.swift b/VoiceInk/Views/ModelSettingsView.swift
index 3ba4bfe..0af2337 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Views/ModelSettingsView.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Views/ModelSettingsView.swift
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ struct ModelSettingsView: View {
     @AppStorage("SelectedLanguage") private var selectedLanguage: String = "en"
     @AppStorage("IsTextFormattingEnabled") private var isTextFormattingEnabled = true
     @AppStorage("IsVADEnabled") private var isVADEnabled = true
+    @AppStorage("AppendTrailingSpace") private var appendTrailingSpace = true
     @State private var customPrompt: String = ""
     @State private var isEditing: Bool = false
     
@@ -66,6 +67,18 @@ struct ModelSettingsView: View {
 
             Divider().padding(.vertical, 4)
 
+            HStack {
+                Toggle(isOn: $appendTrailingSpace) {
+                    Text("Add space after paste")
+                }
+                .toggleStyle(.switch)
+                
+                InfoTip(
+                    title: "Trailing Space",
+                    message: "Automatically add a space after pasted text. Useful for space-delimited languages."
+                )
+            }
+
             HStack {
                 Toggle(isOn: $isTextFormattingEnabled) {
                     Text("Automatic text formatting")
diff --git a/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperState.swift b/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperState.swift
index 50126d0..db95d84 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperState.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperState.swift
@@ -355,12 +355,14 @@ class WhisperState: NSObject, ObservableObject {
                     """
             }
 
-            text += " "
+            let shouldAddSpace = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "AppendTrailingSpace") as? Bool ?? true
+            if shouldAddSpace {
+                text += " "
+            }
 
             if await checkCancellationAndCleanup() { return }
 
             DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.05) {
-                
                 CursorPaster.pasteAtCursor(text)
 
                 let powerMode = PowerModeManager.shared