diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
index 77f96b25..993dc8e6 100755
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/exporter/FreemindExporter.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class FreemindExporter
         final StringBuilder htmlContent = new StringBuilder("<html><head></head><body>");
         for (String line : text.split("\n")) {
             line = StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml(line);
-            htmlContent.append("<p>").append(line).append("</p>");
+            htmlContent.append("<p>").append(line.trim()).append("</p>");
         }
         htmlContent.append("</body></html>");
 
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/wisemaps/bug3.mmr b/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/wisemaps/bug3.mmr
index fd2e1044..a05f92be 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/wisemaps/bug3.mmr
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/wisemaps/bug3.mmr
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                                 <head/>
                                 <body>
                                     <p>Firm's turnover from (new to firm)</p>
-                                    <p> product innovation (as a pecentage of total turnover)</p>
+                                    <p>product innovation (as a pecentage of total turnover)</p>
                                 </body>
                             </html>
                         </richcontent>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                                 <head/>
                                 <body>
                                     <p>Increase in the probability to innovate linked to ICT use</p>
-                                    <p> (in product innovation, process innovation, organisational innovaton, marketing innovation)</p>
+                                    <p>(in product innovation, process innovation, organisational innovaton, marketing innovation)</p>
                                 </body>
                             </html>
                         </richcontent>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
                                 <head/>
                                 <body>
                                     <p>Scientific articles by type of collaboration (per capita)</p>
-                                    <p> (international co-authoriship, domestic co-authoriship, single author)</p>
+                                    <p>(international co-authoriship, domestic co-authoriship, single author)</p>
                                 </body>
                             </html>
                         </richcontent>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                                 <head/>
                                 <body>
                                     <p>Increase in th number of firms with</p>
-                                    <p> international/national collaboration on innovation</p>
+                                    <p>international/national collaboration on innovation</p>
                                 </body>
                             </html>
                         </richcontent>
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@
                                     <html>
                                         <head/>
                                         <body>
-                                            <p> Share of high-technology export in the total volume</p>
-                                            <p> of production of goods, works and services</p>
+                                            <p>Share of high-technology export in the total volume</p>
+                                            <p>of production of goods, works and services</p>
                                         </body>
                                     </html>
                                 </richcontent>
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
                                     <head/>
                                     <body>
                                         <p>Number of joint projects conducted by the local comapnies</p>
-                                        <p> and local consulting/intermediary agencies</p>
+                                        <p>and local consulting/intermediary agencies</p>
                                     </body>
                                 </html>
                             </richcontent>
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
                                     <head/>
                                     <body>
                                         <p>Investments in ICT by asset (IT equipment,</p>
-                                        <p> communication equipment, software)</p>
+                                        <p>communication equipment, software)</p>
                                     </body>
                                 </html>
                             </richcontent>
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
                                         <head/>
                                         <body>
                                             <p>Amount of domestically protected intellectual</p>
-                                            <p> property per 1 mln. population</p>
+                                            <p>property per 1 mln. population</p>
                                         </body>
                                     </html>
                                 </richcontent>
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
                                     <head/>
                                     <body>
                                         <p>Number of advanced ICT introduced in the budgetary organizations</p>
-                                        <p>(regional power, municipal bodies, social and educational organizations)	</p>
+                                        <p>(regional power, municipal bodies, social and educational organizations)</p>
                                     </body>
                                 </html>
                             </richcontent>
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
                                     <head/>
                                     <body>
                                         <p>Number of management innovations introduced in the budgetary organizations</p>
-                                        <p> (regional power, municipal bodies, social and educational organizations)	</p>
+                                        <p>(regional power, municipal bodies, social and educational organizations)</p>
                                     </body>
                                 </html>
                             </richcontent>
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
                                             <head/>
                                             <body>
                                                 <p>Publications: Academic articles in international peer-reviewed</p>
-                                                <p> journals per 1,000 researchers [articles/1,000 researchers].</p>
+                                                <p>journals per 1,000 researchers [articles/1,000 researchers].</p>
                                             </body>
                                         </html>
                                     </richcontent>
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
                                             <head/>
                                             <body>
                                                 <p>Academic licenses: Number of licenses</p>
-                                                <p>per 1,000 researchers.[licenses/researcher] </p>
+                                                <p>per 1,000 researchers.[licenses/researcher]</p>
                                             </body>
                                         </html>
                                     </richcontent>
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
                                 <body>
                                     <p>Gazelle tenant: Share of tenants with</p>
                                     <p>annual revenue growth of more than 20%</p>
-                                    <p> for each of the past four years or since formation [%]</p>
+                                    <p>for each of the past four years or since formation [%]</p>
                                 </body>
                             </html>
                         </richcontent>
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@
                                     <head/>
                                     <body>
                                         <p>Perception (opinion poll) of business managers</p>
-                                        <p> regarding public support programmes</p>
+                                        <p>regarding public support programmes</p>
                                     </body>
                                 </html>
                             </richcontent>
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
                                     <head/>
                                     <body>
                                         <p>Perception of business managers in terms</p>
-                                        <p> of level of transparency of support measures in the region</p>
+                                        <p>of level of transparency of support measures in the region</p>
                                     </body>
                                 </html>
                             </richcontent>
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
                                 <head/>
                                 <body>
                                     <p>Growth of the volume of production in the cluster companies</p>
-                                    <p> to the volume of state support for the cluster</p>
+                                    <p>to the volume of state support for the cluster</p>
                                 </body>
                             </html>
                         </richcontent>
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@
                                     <head/>
                                     <body>
                                         <p>FASIE projects: Number of projects supported</p>
-                                        <p>by the FASIE per 1,000 workers [awards/worker] </p>
+                                        <p>by the FASIE per 1,000 workers [awards/worker]</p>
                                     </body>
                                 </html>
                             </richcontent>
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/wisemaps/enc.mmr b/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/wisemaps/enc.mmr
index 70ae1b94..bd6a81a3 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/wisemaps/enc.mmr
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/test/resources/data/wisemaps/enc.mmr
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
                             <p>scaled from the individuals on whom measurements are</p>
                             <p>made to the community or ecosystem levels at which infer-</p>
                             <p>ences are drawn (Swenson etal. 2006,2007,Reich,Wright</p>
-                            <p>&amp; Lusk 2007;Kraft,Valencia &amp; Ackerly 2008). </p>
+                            <p>&amp; Lusk 2007;Kraft,Valencia &amp; Ackerly 2008).</p>
                         </body>
                     </html>
                 </richcontent>
