diff --git a/src/NPoco/DatabaseTypes/PostgreSQLDatabaseType.cs b/src/NPoco/DatabaseTypes/PostgreSQLDatabaseType.cs
index 0de2aa3c1b683f0e0df78a8a60ed69bac85e0aab..3e0f5d683f4388e1afb2b7d98a0b1be2d95dbd60 100644
--- a/src/NPoco/DatabaseTypes/PostgreSQLDatabaseType.cs
+++ b/src/NPoco/DatabaseTypes/PostgreSQLDatabaseType.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public override object ExecuteInsert(Database db, IDbCommand cmd, string primary
         {
             if (primaryKeyName != null)
             {
-                cmd.CommandText += string.Format("returning {0} as NewID", EscapeSqlIdentifier(primaryKeyName));
+                cmd.CommandText += string.Format(" returning {0} as NewID", EscapeSqlIdentifier(primaryKeyName));
                 return db.ExecuteScalarHelper(cmd);
             }
             else