diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index b51c02403c..4d6e98711b 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, edit=False):
 
 	signal.alarm(0)
 
-	return sanitized
+	return sanitized.strip()
 
 
 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def filter_emojis_only(title, edit=False, graceful=False):
 	signal.alarm(0)
 
 	if len(title) > 1500 and not graceful: abort(400)
-	else: return title.replace('\n','')
+	else: return title.replace('\n','').strip()
 
 def normalize_url(url):
 	url = reddit_domain_regex.sub(r'\1https://old.reddit.com/r/', url)