diff --git a/boot/boot.js b/boot/boot.js
index 1d098429d..947784f7f 100644
--- a/boot/boot.js
+++ b/boot/boot.js
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ $tw.utils.stringifyList = function(value) {
 // Parse a string array from a bracketted list. For example "OneTiddler [[Another Tiddler]] LastOne"
 $tw.utils.parseStringArray = function(value) {
 	if(typeof value === "string") {
-		var memberRegExp = /(?:^|\s)(?:\[\[(.*?)\]\])(?=\s|$)|(\S+)/mg,
+		var memberRegExp = /(?:^|[^\S\xA0])(?:\[\[(.*?)\]\])(?=[^\S\xA0]|$)|([\S\xA0]+)/mg,
 			results = [],
 			match;
 		do {
diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-utils.js b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a83214243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*\
+title: test-utils.js
+type: application/javascript
+tags: [[$:/tags/test-spec]]
+
+Tests various utility functions.
+
+\*/
+(function(){
+
+/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
+/*global $tw: false */
+"use strict";
+
+describe("Utility tests", function() {
+
+	it("should handle parsing a string array", function() {
+		expect($tw.utils.parseStringArray("Tiddler8")).toEqual(["Tiddler8"]);
+		expect($tw.utils.parseStringArray(" Tiddler8")).toEqual(["Tiddler8"]);
+		expect($tw.utils.parseStringArray("Tiddler8 ")).toEqual(["Tiddler8"]);
+		expect($tw.utils.parseStringArray("Tiddler8 two")).toEqual(["Tiddler8","two"]);
+		expect($tw.utils.parseStringArray(" Tiddler8 two ")).toEqual(["Tiddler8","two"]);
+		expect($tw.utils.parseStringArray(" Tidd\u00a0ler8 two ")).toEqual(["Tidd\u00a0ler8","two"]);
+		expect($tw.utils.parseStringArray(" [[Tidd\u00a0ler8]] two ")).toEqual(["Tidd\u00a0ler8","two"]);
+	});
+
+});
+
+})();