diff --git a/src/fenrir/core/headLineManager.py b/src/fenrir/core/headLineManager.py
index d04dc68d..0fa44703 100644
--- a/src/fenrir/core/headLineManager.py
+++ b/src/fenrir/core/headLineManager.py
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ class headLineManager():
             newText += text[lastPos:span[0]]
             numberOfChars = len(text[span[0]:span[1]])
             name = text[span[0]:span[1]][:2]
-            if name.strip(name[0]) == '':
-                newText += ' ' + str(numberOfChars) + ' ' + name[0] + ' '
+            print(self.env['runtime']['punctuationManager'].proceedPunctuation(name, True))
+            if name[0] == name[1]:
+                newText += ' ' + str(numberOfChars) + ' ' + self.env['runtime']['punctuationManager'].proceedPunctuation(name[0], True) + ' '
             else:
-                newText += ' ' + str(int(numberOfChars / 2)) + ' ' + name + ' '
+                newText += ' ' + str(int(numberOfChars / 2)) + ' ' + self.env['runtime']['punctuationManager'].proceedPunctuation(name, True) + ' '
             lastPos = span[1]
         if lastPos != 0:
             newText += ' '
@@ -44,10 +45,10 @@ class headLineManager():
             result += text[lastPos:span[0]]
             numberOfChars = len(newText[span[0]:span[1]])
             name = newText[span[0]:span[1]][:2]
-            if name.strip(name[0]) == '':               
-                result += ' ' + str(numberOfChars) + ' ' + name[0] + ' '
+            if name[0] == name[1]:
+                result += ' ' + str(numberOfChars) + ' ' + self.env['runtime']['punctuationManager'].proceedPunctuation(name[0], True) + ' '
             else:
-                result += ' ' + str(int(numberOfChars / 2)) + ' ' + name + ' '        
+                result += ' ' + str(int(numberOfChars / 2)) + ' ' + self.env['runtime']['punctuationManager'].proceedPunctuation(name, True) + ' '
             lastPos = span[1]
         if lastPos != 0:
             result += ' '                   
diff --git a/src/fenrir/core/punctuationManager.py b/src/fenrir/core/punctuationManager.py
index f10dca30..61f2f2ee 100644
--- a/src/fenrir/core/punctuationManager.py
+++ b/src/fenrir/core/punctuationManager.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class punctuationManager():
                 if key in punctuation and key not in ' ':
                     if self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('general', 'respectPunctuationPause') and \
                       len(key) == 1 and \
-                      key in ",.;:?!-":
+                      key in ",.;:?!":
                         resultText = resultText.replace(str(key),' ' +str(item) + str(key) + ' ')                    
                     else:
                         resultText = resultText.replace(str(key),' ' +str(item) + ' ')