diff --git a/application/thermal_print.py b/application/thermal_print.py
index cb67b6b..b9b523a 100644
--- a/application/thermal_print.py
+++ b/application/thermal_print.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ThermalPrinter():
 			self.p.set(align="left")
 			self.p.text(x[0])
 			if this_line_width < 32:
-				self.p.text(" "*(32-this_line_width))
+				self.p.text("" + " "*(32-this_line_width))
 			else:
 				# self.p.text(" ")
 				todo_text_max_len = 32-(len(x[0])+1)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ThermalPrinter():
 				# t_text = textwrap.wrap()
 				
 				for t in todo_text:
-					self.p.text(" "*(len(x[0])+1) )
+					self.p.text("" + " "*(len(x[0])+1) )
 					self.p.text(t + "\n")