diff --git a/src/spice_netlist.c b/src/spice_netlist.c
index 8d759737..5534079b 100644
--- a/src/spice_netlist.c
+++ b/src/spice_netlist.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ void spice_block_netlist(FILE *fd, int i)
         xctx->sym[i].name,xctx->sym[i].rects[PINLAYER] );
   fprintf(fd, "** sym_path: %s\n", abs_sym_path(xctx->sym[i].name, ""));
   fprintf(fd, "** sch_path: %s\n", filename);
-  fprintf(fd, ".subckt %s ",skip_dir(xctx->sym[i].name));
+  fprintf(fd, ".subckt %s",skip_dir(xctx->sym[i].name));
   print_spice_subckt(fd, i);
 
   my_strdup(387, &extra, get_tok_value(xctx->sym[i].prop_ptr,"extra",0) );
diff --git a/tests/xschemtest.tcl b/tests/xschemtest.tcl
index cda94847..02cfde7e 100644
--- a/tests/xschemtest.tcl
+++ b/tests/xschemtest.tcl
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ proc test_xschem_simulation {{f simulate_ff.sch}} {
 proc netlist_test {} {
   global netlist_dir
   foreach {f t h} {
-    rom8k.sch               spice      2289841821
+    rom8k.sch               spice      1610616637
     greycnt.sch             verilog    3378316826
     autozero_comp.sch       spice      2011673313
     loading.sch             vhdl       2601437773
     mos_power_ampli.sch     spice      2488555251
     hierarchical_tedax.sch  tedax       998070173
-    LCC_instances.sch       spice      1145731069
+    LCC_instances.sch       spice      3904804413
     pcb_test1.sch           tedax      1925087189
     simulate_ff.sch         spice      1321596936
   } {