diff --git a/jrnl/util.py b/jrnl/util.py
index 05d6d2ca..ba46c3da 100644
--- a/jrnl/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/util.py
@@ -26,7 +26,17 @@ RESET_COLOR = colorama.Fore.RESET
 
 # Based on Segtok by Florian Leitner
 # https://github.com/fnl/segtok
-SENTENCE_SPLITTER = re.compile("\n")
+SENTENCE_SPLITTER = re.compile(
+    r"""
+(                       # A sentence ends at one of two sequences:
+    [.!?\u203C\u203D\u2047\u2048\u2049\u3002\uFE52\uFE57\uFF01\uFF0E\uFF1F\uFF61]                # Either, a sequence starting with a sentence terminal,
+    [\'\u2019\"\u201D]? # an optional right quote,
+    [\]\)]*             # optional closing brackets and
+    \s+                 # a sequence of required spaces.
+)""",
+    re.VERBOSE,
+)
+SENTENCE_SPLITTER_ONLY_NEWLINE = re.compile("\n")
 
 
 class UserAbort(Exception):
@@ -252,7 +262,9 @@ def slugify(string):
 
 def split_title(text):
     """Splits the first sentence off from a text."""
-    punkt = SENTENCE_SPLITTER.search(text.strip())
-    if not punkt:
-        return "",text
-    return text[: punkt.end()].strip(), text[punkt.end() :].strip()
+    sep = SENTENCE_SPLITTER_ONLY_NEWLINE.search(text.strip())
+    if not sep:
+        sep = SENTENCE_SPLITTER.search(text)
+        if not sep:
+            return "",text
+    return text[: sep.end()].strip(), text[sep.end() :].strip()