diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DisplayText.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DisplayText.cs
index 6f4b866d..950c2ac7 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DisplayText.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DisplayText.cs
@@ -1374,9 +1374,8 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 		{
 			// replace \{ & \} with (![ & (!] respectively and then redo at end.  The curly braces
 			// are rtf so were getting removed and/or not handled correctly.
-			string retval = rtf.Replace(@"\{", @" (![");
-			retval = retval.Replace(@"\}", @" (!]");
-
+			string retval = rtf.Replace(@"\{", @"(!["); // B2020-113 don't have a space in the replacement string
+			retval = retval.Replace(@"\}", @"(!]");  // B2020-113 don't have a space in the replacement string
 			// remove carriage return/newlines after \par commands (these are introduced by rtb
 			// for hard returns, goes into rtb as \par and comes out as \par\r\n):
 			retval = reg1.Replace(retval, "\\par ");
@@ -1385,6 +1384,8 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			retval = reg3.Replace(retval, "$1"); // Strip Opening and Closing Braces
 			retval = reg4.Replace(retval, ""); // Strip Clauses - remove anything from curly braces
 			retval = reg5.Replace(retval, ""); // Strip Clauses - remove anything from curly braces
+			retval = retval.Replace(@"(![", @"\{"); // B2020-113 put user entered open curly braces back in
+			retval = retval.Replace(@"(!]", @"\}"); // B2020-113 put user entered close curly braces back in
 			retval = reg6.Replace(retval, "$1 ");  // add space after token if followed by token
 			retval = reg7.Replace(retval, new MatchEvaluator(StaticReplaceRTFClause));  // take backslash xyz and evaluates them
 			retval = reg8.Replace(retval, "$1");  // remove space between tokens
@@ -1406,8 +1407,6 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			if (retval.Length == 0) return "";
 			if (retval.EndsWith(@"\v")) retval = retval.Remove(retval.Length - 2, 2);
 			retval = _MyItemInfo.RemoveRtfStyles(retval); // RemoveRtfStyles(retval);
-			retval = retval.Replace(@" (![", @"\{");
-			retval = retval.Replace(@" (!]", @"\}");
 			retval = retval.TrimEnd(' ');
 			return retval;
 		}