diff --git a/src/core/operations/Cipher.js b/src/core/operations/Cipher.js
index 63c7084333..465c3e9e13 100755
--- a/src/core/operations/Cipher.js
+++ b/src/core/operations/Cipher.js
@@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ const Cipher = {
      * @returns {string}
      */
     runSubstitute: function (input, args) {
-        let plaintext = Utils.expandAlphRange(args[0]).join(),
-            ciphertext = Utils.expandAlphRange(args[1]).join(),
+        let plaintext = Utils.expandAlphRange(args[0]).join(""),
+            ciphertext = Utils.expandAlphRange(args[1]).join(""),
             output = "",
             index = -1;