diff --git a/src/main/wacc/frontend/typeChecker.scala b/src/main/wacc/frontend/typeChecker.scala
index 002876d..a628b69 100644
--- a/src/main/wacc/frontend/typeChecker.scala
+++ b/src/main/wacc/frontend/typeChecker.scala
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ object typeChecker {
             microWacc.Builtin.Read,
             List(
               destTy match {
-                case KnownType.Int      => "%d".toMicroWaccCharArray
-                case KnownType.Char | _ => "%c".toMicroWaccCharArray
+                case KnownType.Int      => " %d".toMicroWaccCharArray
+                case KnownType.Char | _ => " %c".toMicroWaccCharArray
               },
               destTyped
             )