diff --git a/src/com/massivecraft/mcore/SimpleConfig.java b/src/com/massivecraft/mcore/SimpleConfig.java
index cd7c8fcb..72181de4 100644
--- a/src/com/massivecraft/mcore/SimpleConfig.java
+++ b/src/com/massivecraft/mcore/SimpleConfig.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public class SimpleConfig
 		if (this.getFile().isFile())
 		{
 			String content = DiscUtil.readCatch(this.getFile());
+			content = content.trim();
 			Object toShallowLoad = null;
 			if (contentRequestsDefaults(content))
 			{
diff --git a/src/com/massivecraft/mcore/store/DriverFlatfile.java b/src/com/massivecraft/mcore/store/DriverFlatfile.java
index 978bda2c..6ee39098 100644
--- a/src/com/massivecraft/mcore/store/DriverFlatfile.java
+++ b/src/com/massivecraft/mcore/store/DriverFlatfile.java
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public class DriverFlatfile extends DriverAbstract
 		if (mtime == 0) return null;
 		String content = DiscUtil.readCatch(file);
 		if (content == null) return null;
+		content = content.trim();
 		if (content.length() == 0) return null;
 		JsonElement raw = new JsonParser().parse(content);
 		return new SimpleEntry<JsonElement, Long>(raw, mtime);