diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
index 01ae5d4dc3..2e12f53608 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		//get message text, limit it's length.and clean/escape html
 		if(!msg)
 			msg = input(src,"Message:", "Private message to [key_name(recipient, 0, 0)]") as text|null
-
+			msg = trim(msg)
 			if(!msg)
 				return