diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index c3b0eff..616f39f 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -3155,7 +3155,7 @@ R is rest of the arguments to OLDFUN."
   :config
   ;; zero-width-space entity
   (add-to-list 'org-entities-user
-               '("zwsp" "\\hspace{0pt}" nil "&#8203" "​" nil "​"))
+               '("zwsp" "\\hspace{0pt}" nil "​" "​" "[zwsp]" "​"))
   ;; org-babel stuff
   (org-babel-do-load-languages
    'org-babel-load-languages