diff --git a/lib/helpers.test.ts b/lib/helpers.test.ts
index 003e922..0db9c19 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/lib/helpers.test.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,24 @@ describe('helpers', () => {
     expect(helpers.replaceDocs(content, context)).toMatch(/Viited/);
   });
 
+  it('replaceDocs adds space before citation when it follows a link (closing paren)', () => {
+    const content = 'See (https://example.ee/cites)[doc1] for more.';
+    const context = {
+      citations: [{ url: 'https://a', title: 'Example', filepath: 'https://example.ee/cites' }],
+    };
+    const result = helpers.replaceDocs(content, context);
+    expect(result).toMatch(/cites\) ⁽¹⁾/);
+  });
+
+  it('replaceDocs adds space before citation when it follows a bare URL', () => {
+    const content = 'Lisainfot leiate „CITES" https://kliimaministeerium.ee/cites[doc1].';
+    const context = {
+      citations: [{ url: 'https://a', title: 'Example', filepath: 'https://kliimaministeerium.ee/cites' }],
+    };
+    const result = helpers.replaceDocs(content, context);
+    expect(result).toMatch(/cites ⁽¹⁾/);
+  });
+
   it('toArray wraps non-array', () => {
     expect(helpers.toArray(1)).toEqual([1]);
     expect(helpers.toArray([1, 2])).toEqual([1, 2]);
diff --git a/lib/helpers.ts b/lib/helpers.ts
index 95ad994..94bae0b 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.ts
+++ b/lib/helpers.ts
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ export function replaceDocs(
   replacedContent = replacedContent
     .replaceAll('\n', '\\n')
     .replaceAll('"', '\"')
+    .replaceAll(/([)\\/\p{L}\p{N}])⁽/gu, '$1 ⁽')
     .replaceAll(/(⁽[⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹]+⁾)\1+/g, '$1');
 
   if (links.length > 0) {
diff --git a/views/pdf.handlebars b/views/pdf.handlebars
index 8292492..10e22f6 100644
--- a/views/pdf.handlebars
+++ b/views/pdf.handlebars
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
       </table>
     </div>
   </body>
-</html>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file