diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 559ce9fd73..91173bdd27 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -44,3 +44,8 @@ repos:
   #   rev: v1.1.333
   #   hooks:
   #   - id: pyright
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint
+    rev: v1.7.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: actionlint
diff --git a/docs/contribution.md b/docs/contribution.md
index 3cd4c97b9c..24fa030d67 100644
--- a/docs/contribution.md
+++ b/docs/contribution.md
@@ -31,26 +31,3 @@ The workflow is:
 ## Code of Conduct
 
 This project is a community effort, and everyone is welcome to contribute. Everyone within the community is expected to abide by our [code of conduct](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/blob/main/docs/code_of_conduct.md)
-
-
-## Changelog
-
-We use `towncrier` for tracking changes and generating a changelog.
-When making a pull request, we require that you add a towncrier entry along with the code changes.
-
-```bash
-towncrier create <PR number>.<change type>
-```
-
-Where change type can be `removed`, `deprecated`, `added`, `changed`, `fixed`
-
-Running this will create a file in the `.changelog.d` directory with a filename.
-
-Then before doing a new release we run
-
-
-```bash
-towncrier build --version=<version-number>
-```
-
-Where `<version-number>` is the expected version number of the release
diff --git a/gdsfactory/components/text_freetype.py b/gdsfactory/components/text_freetype.py
index ae57e92e86..4eb7b064ff 100644
--- a/gdsfactory/components/text_freetype.py
+++ b/gdsfactory/components/text_freetype.py
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ def text_freetype(
             char = Component()
             xoffset = 0
             for letter in line:
+                if letter == " ":
+                    xoffset += scale_factor * advance_x
+                    continue
                 letter_dev = Component()
                 letter_template, advance_x, ascender = _get_glyph(font, letter)
                 scale_factor = size / ascender