diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index d4a1a4093..d0041c1bd 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class Editor extends View
   setInvisibles: (@invisibles={}) ->
     _.defaults @invisibles,
       eol: '\u00ac'
-      space: '\u2022'
+      space: '\u00b7'
       tab: '\u00bb'
       cr: '\u00a4'
     @resetDisplay()