diff --git a/tomcat b/tomcat
index ed6b3dd..55830e0 100755
--- a/tomcat
+++ b/tomcat
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ VAL=$(printf "%s\n" "$TOML" |\
 				# remove the key from the string and delineate arrays, removing
 				# brackets, trailing commas, and leading spaces
 				sed -n "s/$KEY *= *//p" | sed 's/", "/	/g' | tr -d '[]"' |\
-				sed 's/, *$//g' | sed 's/^ *//g')
+				sed 's/, *$//g' | sed 's/^ \+//g' | sed 's/ \+$//g')
 
 # test if ARR is set; if it is, then we have an array index to grab
 if test -n "$ARR"; then