diff --git a/teckids2style.sty b/teckids2style.sty
index 92bb8c55d8740bace29e1702dbccd65435f40ffe..5ed8bfa7b5ff5f74143fa441b701b18f11966728 100644
--- a/teckids2style.sty
+++ b/teckids2style.sty
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 % em dash
 \def\dash{\unskip\kern.16667em\textemdash\penalty\exhyphenpenalty\hskip.16667em\relax}%
 % for footnotes
-\newcommand{\Hair}{\kern.16667em}%
+\newcommand{\Hair}{\unskip\kern.16667em}%
 
 % for lead paragraph before IT-Mieze
 \newcommand{\keinumbruch}{\par\nobreak\@afterheading}%