diff --git a/app/helpers/user_helper.rb b/app/helpers/user_helper.rb
index 4e3e599d..cd68bf14 100644
--- a/app/helpers/user_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/user_helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ module UserHelper
     return APP_CONFIG['anonymous_name'] if user.nil? || anonymous
     name = user.display_name.blank? ? user.screen_name : user.display_name
     return link_to(name, show_user_profile_path(user.screen_name), class: "#{"user--banned" if user.banned?}") if url
-    name
+    name.strip
   end
 end