diff --git a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py
index c7fc3d53..89e9308e 100644
--- a/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py
+++ b/src/fenrirscreenreader/core/punctuationManager.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ class punctuationManager():
         currPunctLevel = ''
         if not ignorePunctuation and self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('general', 'punctuationLevel').lower() in self.env['punctuation']['LEVELDICT']:
             currPunctLevel = self.env['punctuation']['LEVELDICT'][self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('general', 'punctuationLevel').lower()]
-        else:
+        elif not ignorePunctuation:
+            # Only use fallback punctuation if ignorePunctuation is False
             currPunctLevel = string.punctuation +' §'
         resultText = self.usePunctuationDict(resultText, self.env['punctuation']['PUNCTDICT'], currPunctLevel)
         resultText = self.removeUnused(resultText, currPunctLevel)