diff --git a/webv4/lib/pages.js b/webv4/lib/pages.js
index d02b51bf728d95ae7b8fdbda2e1844805681d2b3..6be3eb291e51da727e374ce111756d481c5abb06 100644
--- a/webv4/lib/pages.js
+++ b/webv4/lib/pages.js
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ function getCtrlLine(file) {
 			ctrl = pageName(file_getname(file));
 			break;
 	}
+	ctrl = truncsp(skipsp(ctrl));
 
 	var opts = ctrl.match(/^(.*?)\:/);
 	if (opts === null || opts.length < 2) {