diff --git a/src/path_parser.hpp b/src/path_parser.hpp
index 6d9a304..8129d86 100644
--- a/src/path_parser.hpp
+++ b/src/path_parser.hpp
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
     key_identifier > '=' > createValueSuggestions > leaf_data;
 
 auto const keyValueWrapper =
-    x3::lexeme['[' > createKeySuggestions > keyValue > suggestKeysEnd > ']'];
+    x3::no_skip['[' > createKeySuggestions > keyValue > suggestKeysEnd > ']'];
 
 // even though we don't allow no keys to be supplied, the star allows me to check which keys are missing
 auto const listSuffix_def =
diff --git a/tests/cd.cpp b/tests/cd.cpp
index 32d7230..ec9133a 100644
--- a/tests/cd.cpp
+++ b/tests/cd.cpp
@@ -294,6 +294,12 @@
                 input = "cd example:twoKeyList[number=4][name=abcd]";
             }
         }
+
+        SECTION("no space between list prefix and suffix")
+        {
+            input = "cd example:list  [number=10]";
+        }
+
         REQUIRE_THROWS_AS(parser.parseCommand(input, errorStream), InvalidCommandException);
     }
 }