diff --git a/src/xpdev/ini_file.c b/src/xpdev/ini_file.c
index 52ae722e8ed89e26ab96b42ac01a790b97ccf16c..bd9ae304c27283a8f6ff893ab233defaa07bf54c 100644
--- a/src/xpdev/ini_file.c
+++ b/src/xpdev/ini_file.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ str_list_t iniReadFile(FILE* fp)
 	
 	rewind(fp);
 
-	list = strListReadFile(fp, NULL, INI_MAX_VALUE_LEN);
+	list = strListReadFile(fp, NULL, INI_MAX_VALUE_LEN, TRUE /* pad */);
 	if(list!=NULL) {
 		/* truncate the white-space off end of strings */
 		for(i=0; list[i]!=NULL; i++)