diff --git a/src/files/files.cpp b/src/files/files.cpp
index d8f09a71..495dba3e 100644
--- a/src/files/files.cpp
+++ b/src/files/files.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include "../coders/json.h"
+#include "../util/stringutil.h"
 
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> files::read_list(std::filesystem::path filename) {
 	std::vector<std::string> lines;
 	std::string line;
 	while (std::getline(file, line)) {
+        util::trim(line);
 		if (line.length() == 0)
 			continue;
 		if (line[0] == '#')