diff --git a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
index 7210a65d0..fd88af403 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ const dedent = require('dedent-tabs').default;
 const { printCurrentBrew } = require('../../../shared/helpers.js');
 
 import HeaderNav from './headerNav/headerNav.jsx';
-
 import { safeHTML } from './safeHTML.js';
 
-
+const PAGEBREAK_REGEX_V3 = /^(?=\\page(?: *{[^\n{}]*})?$)/m;
 const PAGE_HEIGHT = 1056;
 
 const INITIAL_CONTENT = dedent`
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ const BrewRenderer = (props)=>{
 	if(props.renderer == 'legacy') {
 		rawPages = props.text.split('\\page');
 	} else {
-		rawPages = props.text.split(/^(?=\\page(?:{[^\n{}]*})?$)/gm);
+		rawPages = props.text.split(PAGEBREAK_REGEX_V3);
 	}
 
 	const handlePageVisibilityChange = (pageNum, isVisible, isCenter)=>{
diff --git a/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx b/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx
index 20cb8968c..2d0a26268 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const MetadataEditor = require('./metadataEditor/metadataEditor.jsx');
 
 const EDITOR_THEME_KEY = 'HOMEBREWERY-EDITOR-THEME';
 
-const PAGEBREAK_REGEX_V3 = /^(?=\\page(?:{[^\n{}]*})?$)/m;
+const PAGEBREAK_REGEX_V3 = /^(?=\\page(?: *{[^\n{}]*})?$)/m;
 const SNIPPETBAR_HEIGHT  = 25;
 const DEFAULT_STYLE_TEXT = dedent`
 				/*=======---  Example CSS styling  ---=======*/