diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bbb28c03..6717f783 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+* made `assert_string_contains()` accept correct strings with spaces in them (@nkorinek, #182)
+
+## [0.1.2]
 * Adding flake8 for format and other syntax issues! yay! (@lwasser, #195)
 * Created a vignette covering the testing of histograms (@ryla5068, #149)
 * Created `get_plot_image()` function for the RasterTester object (@nkorinek, #192)
diff --git a/examples/plot_testing_basics.py b/examples/plot_testing_basics.py
index 839a6919..45b182a7 100644
--- a/examples/plot_testing_basics.py
+++ b/examples/plot_testing_basics.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 ax.bar(months, percip, color="blue")
 ax.set(
-    title="Average Monthly Percipitation in Boulder, CO",
+    title="Average Monthly Precipitation in Boulder, CO",
     xlabel="Month",
     ylabel="Percipitation (in)",
 )
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 plot_tester_1.assert_plot_type("bar")
 
 # Test that the plot title contains specific words
-plot_tester_1.assert_title_contains(["average", "month", "percip", "boulder"])
+plot_tester_1.assert_title_contains(["average", "monthly precip", "boulder"])
 
 # Test that the axis labels contain specific words
 plot_tester_1.assert_axis_label_contains(axis="x", strings_expected=["month"])
diff --git a/matplotcheck/base.py b/matplotcheck/base.py
index 46cc940b..29be8d9b 100644
--- a/matplotcheck/base.py
+++ b/matplotcheck/base.py
@@ -125,10 +125,12 @@ def assert_string_contains(
         string = string.lower().replace(" ", "")
         for check in strings_expected:
             if isinstance(check, str):
-                if not check.lower() in string:
+                if not check.lower().replace(" ", "") in string:
                     raise AssertionError(message_default.format(check))
             elif isinstance(check, list):
-                if not any([c.lower() in string for c in check]):
+                if not any(
+                    [c.lower().replace(" ", "") in string for c in check]
+                ):
                     if len(check) == 1:
                         raise AssertionError(message_default.format(check[0]))
                     else:
diff --git a/matplotcheck/tests/test_base_axis.py b/matplotcheck/tests/test_base_axis.py
index e16f2885..dfd70af7 100644
--- a/matplotcheck/tests/test_base_axis.py
+++ b/matplotcheck/tests/test_base_axis.py
@@ -92,6 +92,22 @@ def test_axis_label_contains_y(pt_line_plt):
     plt.close()
 
 
+def test_axis_label_contains_x_spaces(pt_line_plt):
+    """Checks for assert_axis_label_contains for x axis with spaces"""
+    pt_line_plt.assert_axis_label_contains(
+        axis="x", strings_expected=["x label"]
+    )
+    plt.close()
+
+
+def test_axis_label_contains_y_spaces(pt_line_plt):
+    """Checks for assert_axis_label_contains for y axis with spaces"""
+    pt_line_plt.assert_axis_label_contains(
+        axis="y", strings_expected=["y label"]
+    )
+    plt.close()
+
+
 def test_axis_label_contains_invalid_axis(pt_line_plt):
     """Check that assert_axis_label_contains fails when given unexpected
     axis"""
diff --git a/matplotcheck/tests/test_base_titles_captions.py b/matplotcheck/tests/test_base_titles_captions.py
index 1506b77e..8fd65581 100644
--- a/matplotcheck/tests/test_base_titles_captions.py
+++ b/matplotcheck/tests/test_base_titles_captions.py
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ def test_title_contains_axes(pt_line_plt):
     plt.close()
 
 
+def test_title_contains_axes_spaces(pt_line_plt):
+    """Check title_contains for axes title with spaces"""
+    pt_line_plt.assert_title_contains(["My Plot Title"], title_type="axes")
+    plt.close()
+
+
 def test_title_contains_axes_badtext(pt_line_plt):
     """Check title_contains fails when given bad text"""
     with pytest.raises(
@@ -123,6 +129,12 @@ def test_assert_caption_contains(pt_line_plt):
     plt.close()
 
 
+def test_assert_caption_contains_spaces(pt_line_plt):
+    """Test that caption contains passes given right text with spaces"""
+    pt_line_plt.assert_caption_contains([["Figure Caption"]])
+    plt.close()
+
+
 def test_assert_caption_contains_expect_empty(pt_line_plt):
     """Test that caption contains passes when expected text list is empty"""
     pt_line_plt.assert_caption_contains([])