1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/askbot/utils/markup.py b/askbot/utils/markup.py
index 60bde9a0..3ebea3e4 100644
--- a/askbot/utils/markup.py
+++ b/askbot/utils/markup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def get_parser():
         for item in pairs:
             LINK_PATTERNS.append(
                 (
-                    re.compile(item[0]),
+                    re.compile(item[0].strip()),
                     item[1].strip()
                 )
             )