diff --git a/core/js/dist/main.js b/core/js/dist/main.js
index 5738ee94428ac8c720ebe818659dfd5f0589edf8..5ecb00869014eb2363b53f4b7f285038dec90a3c 100644
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diff --git a/core/js/dist/main.js.map b/core/js/dist/main.js.map
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diff --git a/core/src/jquery/placeholder.js b/core/src/jquery/placeholder.js
index b26f06a63021cb481e87d7c038db8457a9938e5f..6c5f94313f64044cf392d2277cf297762a2d9ec7 100644
--- a/core/src/jquery/placeholder.js
+++ b/core/src/jquery/placeholder.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ $.fn.imageplaceholder = function(seed, text, size) {
 	this.css('font-size', (height * 0.55) + 'px')
 
 	if (seed !== null && seed.length) {
-		var placeholderText = text.split(' ', 2).map((word) => word[0].toUpperCase()).join('')
+		var placeholderText = text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim().split(' ', 2).map((word) => word[0].toUpperCase()).join('')
 		this.html(placeholderText);
 	}
 }