diff --git a/app/helpers.php b/app/helpers.php
index 592a5be8..48798da7 100644
--- a/app/helpers.php
+++ b/app/helpers.php
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ if (!function_exists('list_to_assoc')) {
                 $title = $item;
             }
 
+            $item = trim($item);
+            $title = trim($title);
+
             $ret[$item] = $title;
         }