diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java
index a8bb9c557e440a23e35eddf9a4ed74da59421a35..38152edbafbe651ef31c0a362bc08ab7d9f5c50f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ public class Message extends AbstractEntity {
 		 * "http://example.com/image.jpg text that will not be shown /abc.png"
 		 * or more than one image link in one message.
 		 */
-		if (body.contains(" ")) {
+		if (body.trim().contains(" ")) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		try {