diff --git a/autoload/neosnippet/mappings.vim b/autoload/neosnippet/mappings.vim
index fe55486..9d00d74 100644
--- a/autoload/neosnippet/mappings.vim
+++ b/autoload/neosnippet/mappings.vim
@@ -119,8 +119,14 @@ function! neosnippet#mappings#_expand_target_trigger(trigger) "{{{
 
   call cursor(line, col)
 
-  call neosnippet#view#_expand(
-        \ neosnippet#util#get_cur_text(). ' ', col, a:trigger)
+  if col == 1
+    let cur_text = a:trigger
+  else
+    let cur_text = neosnippet#util#get_cur_text()
+    let cur_text = cur_text[: col-2] . a:trigger . cur_text[col :]
+  endif
+
+  call neosnippet#view#_expand(cur_text, col, a:trigger)
 endfunction"}}}
 
 function! s:snippets_expand(cur_text, col) "{{{