diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
index f80a940c7c..e1298a264a 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import Data.Bifunctor (bimap, first)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Base64 as B64
 import Data.ByteString.Char8 (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
+import Data.Char (isSpace)
 import Data.Either (fromRight)
 import Data.Fixed (div')
 import Data.Functor (($>))
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ execChatCommand s = case parseChatCommand s of
   Right cmd -> either CRChatCmdError id <$> runExceptT (processChatCommand cmd)
 
 parseChatCommand :: ByteString -> Either String ChatCommand
-parseChatCommand = A.parseOnly chatCommandP
+parseChatCommand = A.parseOnly chatCommandP . B.dropWhileEnd isSpace
 
 toView :: ChatMonad m => ChatResponse -> m ()
 toView event = do