diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/annotation.wrapper.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/annotation.wrapper.ts
index 44024837e..0f239074a 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/annotation.wrapper.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/annotation.wrapper.ts
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export class AnnotationWrapper implements IListable, Record<string, unknown> {
         if (entry.reason) {
             content += entry.reason + '\n\n';
             //remove leading and trailing commas and whitespaces
-            content = content.replace(/^[, ]*|[, ]*$/g, '');
+            content = content.replace(/(^[, ]*)|([, ]*$)/g, '');
             content = content.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + content.substring(1);
         }