diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/x8bit/bitwarden/ui/auth/feature/masterpasswordgenerator/MasterPasswordGeneratorViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/x8bit/bitwarden/ui/auth/feature/masterpasswordgenerator/MasterPasswordGeneratorViewModel.kt
index 850289d42f6..b2b7b54690e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/x8bit/bitwarden/ui/auth/feature/masterpasswordgenerator/MasterPasswordGeneratorViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/x8bit/bitwarden/ui/auth/feature/masterpasswordgenerator/MasterPasswordGeneratorViewModel.kt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class MasterPasswordGeneratorViewModel @Inject constructor(
         val optionsWordCount = options?.numWords ?: DEFAULT_WORD_COUNT
         return PassphraseGeneratorRequest(
             numWords = max(optionsWordCount, DEFAULT_WORD_COUNT).toUByte(),
-            wordSeparator = options?.wordSeparator ?: DEFAULT_SEPARATOR,
+            wordSeparator = options?.wordSeparator.orEmpty(),
             capitalize = policy.requireUpper == true,
             includeNumber = policy.requireNumbers == true,
         )
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/x8bit/bitwarden/ui/tools/feature/generator/GeneratorViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/x8bit/bitwarden/ui/tools/feature/generator/GeneratorViewModel.kt
index 9b35b6ebf1d..d1612e4bea7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/x8bit/bitwarden/ui/tools/feature/generator/GeneratorViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/x8bit/bitwarden/ui/tools/feature/generator/GeneratorViewModel.kt
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ class GeneratorViewModel @Inject constructor(
     private suspend fun generatePassphrase(passphrase: GeneratorState.MainType.Passphrase) {
         val request = PassphraseGeneratorRequest(
             numWords = passphrase.numWords.toUByte(),
-            wordSeparator = passphrase.wordSeparator?.toString() ?: " ",
+            wordSeparator = passphrase.wordSeparator?.toString().orEmpty(),
             capitalize = passphrase.capitalize,
             includeNumber = passphrase.includeNumber,
         )