diff --git a/src/tools/config.py b/src/tools/config.py
index 22d67651..3ef03644 100644
--- a/src/tools/config.py
+++ b/src/tools/config.py
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ def getConfig(config, section, name, default=None):
         value = os.path.expanduser(value)
     # thx to Brian (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/186857/splitting-a-semicolon-separated-string-to-a-dictionary-in-python/186873#186873)
     elif name.endswith('_list'):
-        value = csv.reader([value], delimiter=',', quotechar='"').next()
+        value = csv.reader([value], delimiter=',', quotechar='"', skipinitialspace=True).next()
     elif name.endswith('_dict'):
-        value = dict(csv.reader([item], delimiter=':', quotechar='"').next()
-                     for item in csv.reader([value], delimiter=',', quotechar='"').next())
+        value = dict(csv.reader([item], delimiter=':', quotechar='"', skipinitialspace=True).next()
+                     for item in csv.reader([value], delimiter=',', quotechar='"', skipinitialspace=True).next())
     return value