diff --git a/src-tests/TestMain.hs b/src-tests/TestMain.hs
index cd2dc18..edf8a35 100644
--- a/src-tests/TestMain.hs
+++ b/src-tests/TestMain.hs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ simpleRunTest = do
   describe "completions" $ do
     it "case  1" $ testCompletion completionTestCmd "" `shouldBe` ""
     it "case  2" $ testCompletion completionTestCmd "a" `shouldBe` "bc"
-    it "case  3" $ testCompletion completionTestCmd "abc" `shouldBe` "def"
+    it "case  3" $ testCompletion completionTestCmd "abc" `shouldBe` ""
     it "case  4" $ testCompletion completionTestCmd "abc " `shouldBe` "-"
     it "case  5" $ testCompletion completionTestCmd "abc -" `shouldBe` ""
     it "case  6" $ testCompletion completionTestCmd "abc --" `shouldBe` "flag"
diff --git a/src/UI/Butcher/Monadic/Interactive.hs b/src/UI/Butcher/Monadic/Interactive.hs
index 1583d64..77025b5 100644
--- a/src/UI/Butcher/Monadic/Interactive.hs
+++ b/src/UI/Butcher/Monadic/Interactive.hs
@@ -30,11 +30,18 @@ simpleCompletion
                     -- subcommand. See 'UI.Butcher.Monadic.runCmdParserExt'.
   -> String         -- ^ completion, i.e. a string that might be appended
                     -- to the current prompt when user presses tab.
-simpleCompletion line cdesc pcRest = List.drop (List.length lastWord)
-  $ longestCommonPrefix choices
+simpleCompletion line cdesc pcRest = case reverse line of
+  []              -> compl
+  ' ' : _         -> compl
+  _ | null pcRest -> "" -- necessary to prevent subcommand completion
+                        -- appearing before space that is, if you have command
+                        -- "aaa" with subcommand "sss", we want completion
+                        -- "sss" on "aaa " but not on "aaa".
+  _               -> compl
  where
+  compl = List.drop (List.length lastWord) (longestCommonPrefix choices)
   longestCommonPrefix [] = ""
-  longestCommonPrefix (c1:cr) =
+  longestCommonPrefix (c1 : cr) =
     case find (\s -> List.all (s `isPrefixOf`) cr) $ reverse $ List.inits c1 of
       Nothing -> ""
       Just x  -> x