diff --git a/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java b/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
index 0207808c..1a153f91 100644
--- a/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
+++ b/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class EffectsParser {
         for (String modEntry : modEntries) {
 
             ArrayList<String> modValues = new ArrayList<>();
-            Matcher matcher = STRSPLIT_REGEX.matcher(modEntry);
+            Matcher matcher = STRSPLIT_REGEX.matcher(modEntry.trim());
 
             while (matcher.find())
                 modValues.add(matcher.group(1).trim());