diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/modals/custom-text.ts b/frontend/src/ts/modals/custom-text.ts
index 062bc6ffdcc0..b3396bcadcfa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/modals/custom-text.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/modals/custom-text.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ function cleanUpText(): string[] {
 
   if (text === "") return [];
 
-  text = text.normalize().trim();
+  text = text.normalize();
   // text = text.replace(/[\r]/gm, " ");
 
   //replace any characters that look like a space with an actual space