diff --git a/lib/converters/latex-to-ast.js b/lib/converters/latex-to-ast.js
index 4c82bdf..293d22a 100644
--- a/lib/converters/latex-to-ast.js
+++ b/lib/converters/latex-to-ast.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ import flatten from './flatten';
 
 
 // Some of the latex commands that lead to spacing
-const whitespace_rule = '\\s|\\\\,|\\\\!|\\\\ |\\\\>|\\\\;|\\\\:|\\\\quad\\b|\\\\qquad\\b';
+const whitespace_rule = '\\s|\\\\,|\\\\!|\\\\ |\\\\>|\\\\;|\\\\:|\\\\quad\\b|\\\\qquad\\b|\\\\text{.*?}';
 
 const latex_rules = [
   ['[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]*)?(E[+\\-]?[0-9]+)?', 'NUMBER'],
diff --git a/spec/quick_latex-to-ast.spec.js b/spec/quick_latex-to-ast.spec.js
index e0d513f..553c527 100644
--- a/spec/quick_latex-to-ast.spec.js
+++ b/spec/quick_latex-to-ast.spec.js
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { ParseError } from '../lib/converters/error';
 var converter = new latexToAst();
 
 var trees = {
-  
+  '1 * 3\\text{eggs}' : ['*', 1, 3], 
   '\\frac{1}{2} x': ['*',['/',1,2],'x'],
+  '\\frac{1}{2\\text{foo}} x': ['*',['/',1,2],'x'],
   '1+x+3': ['+',1,'x',3],
   '1-x-3': ['+',1,['-','x'],['-',3]],
   "1 + - x": ['+',1,['-','x']],