lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 1 +

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 280d0ea5557024a790012d2bf0ab1e2d950f014b..5144a13046081eaefe53a39686341427a38faeb4 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -1096,6 +1096,7 @@ 			my @subj = split(/ /, $subj);
 			my @next_prev = @subj; # full copy
 			my $omit = dedupe_subject($prev_subj, \@subj, ' "');
 			$prev_subj = \@next_prev;
+			$subj = join(' ', @subj);
 			$subj = ascii_html($subj);
 			obfuscate_addrs($obfs_ibx, $subj) if $obfs_ibx;
 			$href = mid_href($mid);