diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/at/hannibal2/changelog/SkyHanniChangelogBuilder.kt b/src/main/kotlin/at/hannibal2/changelog/SkyHanniChangelogBuilder.kt
index 52f1df1..975a695 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/at/hannibal2/changelog/SkyHanniChangelogBuilder.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/at/hannibal2/changelog/SkyHanniChangelogBuilder.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ object SkyHanniChangelogBuilder {
     private val gson by lazy { GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create() }
 
     private val categoryPattern = "## Changelog (?<category>.+)".toPattern()
-    private val changePattern = "\\+ (?<text>.+)\\s+-\\s+(?<author>.+)".toPattern()
+    private val changePattern = "\\+ (?<text>.+?) - (?<author>.+)".toPattern()
     private val changePatternNoAuthor = "\\+ (?<text>.+)".toPattern()
     private val extraInfoPattern = " {4}\\* (?<text>.+)".toPattern()
     private val prTitlePattern = "(?<prefix>.+): (?<title>.+)".toPattern()
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ object SkyHanniChangelogBuilder {
             val category = currentCategory ?: continue
 
             changePattern.matchMatcher(line) {
-                val text = group("text")
-                val author = group("author")
+                val text = group("text").trim()
+                val author = group("author").trim()
 
                 if (author == "your_name_here") {
                     errors.add(ChangelogError("Author is not set", line))
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ object SkyHanniChangelogBuilder {
                 continue@loop
             }
             changePatternNoAuthor.matchMatcher(line) {
-                val text = group("text")
+                val text = group("text").trim()
                 errors.add(ChangelogError("Author is not set", line))
 
                 illegalStartPattern.matchMatcher(text) {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ object SkyHanniChangelogBuilder {
                     errors.add(ChangelogError("Extra info without a change", line))
                 }
                 val change = currentChange ?: continue@loop
-                val text = group("text")
+                val text = group("text").trim()
                 if (text == "Extra info.") {
                     errors.add(ChangelogError("Extra info is not filled out", line))
                 }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/SkyHanniChangelogBuilderTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/SkyHanniChangelogBuilderTest.kt
index b44cf26..b001ff6 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/SkyHanniChangelogBuilderTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/SkyHanniChangelogBuilderTest.kt
@@ -135,6 +135,23 @@ class SkyHanniChangelogBuilderTest {
         assertEquals("Unknown line after changes started being declared", errors[0].message)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `test body with additional spaces`() {
+        val prBody = listOf(
+            "## Changelog New Features",
+            "+ Added new feature.   -     John Doe",
+            "    * More info.    ",
+        )
+        val prLink = "https://example.com/pr/1"
+
+        val (changes, errors) = SkyHanniChangelogBuilder.findChanges(prBody, prLink)
+
+        println("changes: ${changes.map { it.text }}")
+        println("errors: ${errors.map { it.message }}")
+
+        assertTrue(errors.isEmpty(), "Expected no errors")
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `test title with correct pull request title`() {
         val prTitle = "Feature + Fix: New feature"