diff --git a/layout.sty b/layout.sty
index 5e5a89c9dc5be607ddffebe8e0f26c2ef975a2c8..220b47cde127c2f97ebd05f22cbcb6877ad7571f 100644
--- a/layout.sty
+++ b/layout.sty
@@ -411,7 +411,12 @@ interior code={ \path[tcb fill interior] ([xshift=-2mm]interior.west)
 }
 
 
-\newtcolorbox{boxtext}[1][]{ornamented,colback=white,fonttitle=\scshape, #1}
+\newtcolorbox{boxtext}[1][]{
+	ornamented,
+	colback=white,
+	code={\needspace{1em}}
+	fonttitle=\scshape,
+	#1}
 
 \newcommand{\sidebox}[2][23]{
 	\iftoggle{verbose}{