diff --git a/scraibe/email_sender.py b/scraibe/email_sender.py
index e392f87..36d8756 100644
--- a/scraibe/email_sender.py
+++ b/scraibe/email_sender.py
@@ -333,12 +333,19 @@ def create_transcript_docx(text: str, filename: str):
             p.paragraph_format.left_indent = Inches(0.25)
 
             # Timestamp + speaker name (underline only, not bold)
-            run_label = p.add_run(f"[{ts}] {speaker.upper()}: ")
+            run_label = p.add_run(f"[{ts}] {speaker.upper()}:")
             run_label.bold = False
             run_label.underline = True
             run_label.font.name = "Courier"
             run_label.font.size = Pt(12)
 
+            # Space after colon (no underline)
+            run_space = p.add_run(" ")
+            run_space.bold = False
+            run_space.underline = False
+            run_space.font.name = "Courier"
+            run_space.font.size = Pt(12)
+
             # Spoken text (no underline, no bold)
             run_txt = p.add_run(content.strip())
             run_txt.bold = False