diff --git a/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts b/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts
index 5cde7949..e4df91ac 100644
--- a/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ const STATIC_TOKEN_MAP: { [key: string]: TKind } = Object.assign(Object.create(n
 });
 
 // note that the space after typeof is relevant. It makes sure that the formatted
-// expression has a space after typeof
-const OPERATORS = "...,.,===,==,+,!==,!=,!,||,&&,>=,>,<=,<,?,-,*,/,%,typeof ,=>,=,;,in ".split(",");
+// expression has a space after typeof. Currently we don't support delete and void
+const OPERATORS = "...,.,===,==,+,!==,!=,!,||,&&,>=,>,<=,<,?,-,*,/,%,typeof ,=>,=,;,in ,new ".split(
+  ","
+);
 
 type Tokenizer = (expr: string) => Token | false;
 
@@ -344,9 +346,12 @@ export function compileExprToArray(expr: string): Token[] {
   return tokens;
 }
 
+// Leading spaces are trimmed during tokenization, so they need to be added back for some values
+const paddedValues = new Map([["in ", " in "]]);
+
 export function compileExpr(expr: string): string {
   return compileExprToArray(expr)
-    .map((t) => t.value)
+    .map((t) => paddedValues.get(t.value) || t.value)
     .join("");
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/compiler/inline_expressions.test.ts b/tests/compiler/inline_expressions.test.ts
index ae6fe234..06f71c8a 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/inline_expressions.test.ts
+++ b/tests/compiler/inline_expressions.test.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe("expression evaluation", () => {
     expect(compileExpr("color === 'black'")).toBe("ctx['color']==='black'");
     expect(compileExpr("'li_'+item")).toBe("'li_'+ctx['item']");
     expect(compileExpr("state.val > 1")).toBe("ctx['state'].val>1");
-    expect(compileExpr("a in b")).toBe("ctx['a']in ctx['b']");
+    expect(compileExpr("a in b")).toBe("ctx['a'] in ctx['b']");
   });
 
   test("boolean operations", () => {
@@ -215,4 +215,10 @@ describe("expression evaluation", () => {
     expect(compileExpr("[a, {b, c},d]")).toBe("[ctx['a'],{b:ctx['b'],c:ctx['c']},ctx['d']]");
     expect(compileExpr("{a:[b, {c, d: e}]}")).toBe("{a:[ctx['b'],{c:ctx['c'],d:ctx['e']}]}");
   });
+
+  test("preserving spaces where needed for text operators", () => {
+    expect(compileExpr("new Date()")).toBe("new Date()");
+    expect(compileExpr("a.c in b")).toBe("ctx['a'].c in ctx['b']");
+    expect(compileExpr("typeof val")).toBe("typeof ctx['val']");
+  });
 });