diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 00cbc2b592..b20afd9336 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ function prepare_text($text) {
 	else
 		$s = smilies(bbcode($text));
 
-	return $s;
+	return trim($s);
 }}