diff --git a/FHEM/98_SVG.pm b/FHEM/98_SVG.pm
index 4da76fe8f..da907f19e 100755
--- a/FHEM/98_SVG.pm
+++ b/FHEM/98_SVG.pm
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ SVG_Initialize($)
     plotWeekStartDay:0,1,2,3,4,5,6
     plotfunction
     plotsize
-    plotReplace
+    plotReplace:textField-long
     startDate
     title
   );
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ SVG_readgplotfile($$$)
 
   my $specval = AttrVal($wl, "plotfunction", undef);
   my $plotReplace = AttrVal($wl, "plotReplace", undef);
-  my ($list, $pr) = parseParams($plotReplace) if($plotReplace);
+  my ($list, $pr) = parseParams($plotReplace,"\\s"," ") if($plotReplace);
   if($plotReplace) {
     for my $k (keys %$pr) {
       if($k =~ m/^_/) {
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ SVG_substcfg($$$$$$)
 
   my $plotReplace = AttrVal($wl, "plotReplace", undef);
   if($plotReplace) {
-    my ($list, $pr) = parseParams($plotReplace);
+    my ($list, $pr) = parseParams($plotReplace, "\\s"," ");
     for my $k (keys %$pr) {
       if($k !~ m/^_/) {
         if($pr->{$k} =~ m/^{.*}$/) {
diff --git a/fhem.pl b/fhem.pl
index d1ed8e61c..558242e23 100755
--- a/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem.pl
@@ -4845,10 +4845,11 @@ perlSyntaxCheck($%)
 
 #####################################
 sub
-parseParams($;$)
+parseParams($;$$)
 {
-  my($cmd, $separator) = @_;
-  $separator = ' ' if( !$separator );
+  my($cmd, $separator, $joiner) = @_;
+  $separator = ' ' if(!$separator);
+  $joiner = $separator if(!$joiner); # needed if separator is a regexp
   my(@a, %h);
 
   my @params;
@@ -4876,7 +4877,7 @@ parseParams($;$)
     while( $param && $value =~ m/^('|")/ && $value !~ m/$1$/ ) {
       my $next = shift(@params);
       last if( !defined($next) );
-      $value .= $separator . $next;
+      $value .= $joiner . $next;
     }
     #remove matching ' or " from the start and end
     if( $value =~ m/^('|")/ && $value =~ m/$1$/ ) {
@@ -4895,7 +4896,7 @@ parseParams($;$)
       while( $param && $count != 0 ) {
         my $next = shift(@params);
         last if( !defined($next) );
-        $value .= $separator . $next;
+        $value .= $joiner . $next;
 
         for my $i (0..length($next)-1) {
           my $c = substr($next, $i, 1);
@@ -4912,7 +4913,6 @@ parseParams($;$)
     }
 
   }
-
   return(\@a, \%h);
 }