diff --git a/skylighting-format-context.cabal b/skylighting-format-context.cabal
--- a/skylighting-format-context.cabal
+++ b/skylighting-format-context.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
 name:                skylighting-format-context
-version:             0.1.0.1
+version:             0.1.0.2
 synopsis:            ConTeXt formatter for skylighting syntax highlighting
                      library
 description:         This module allows tokens produced by skylighting-core
diff --git a/src/Skylighting/Format/ConTeXt.hs b/src/Skylighting/Format/ConTeXt.hs
--- a/src/Skylighting/Format/ConTeXt.hs
+++ b/src/Skylighting/Format/ConTeXt.hs
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@
 tokenToConTeXt (NormalTok, txt)
   | Text.all isSpace txt = escapeConTeXt txt
 tokenToConTeXt (toktype, txt)   = "/BTEX\\" <>
-  (Text.pack (show toktype) <> "{" <> escapeConTeXt txt <> "}/ETEX")
+  (Text.pack (show toktype) <> "{" <> fixSpaces (escapeConTeXt txt) <> "}/ETEX")
+ where
+  -- Always place the second of two consecutive spaces in a group. The
+  -- ConTeXt parser would otherwise collapse all spaces into a single
+  -- space.
+  fixSpaces = Text.replace "  " " { }"
 
 escapeConTeXt :: Text -> Text
 escapeConTeXt = Text.concatMap escapeConTeXtChar