diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index 8a7fb5603..64d9afb92 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
       params = {} if params.blank?
       
       if params[:name_matches].present?
-        q = q.name_matches(params[:name_matches])
+        q = q.name_matches(params[:name_matches].strip)
       end
       
       if params[:category].present?