diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js b/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js
index 24a10ac9f..db68d18dd 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ NavigatorWidget.prototype.handleImportTiddlersEvent = function(event) {
 	// Process each tiddler
 	importData.tiddlers = importData.tiddlers || {};
 	$tw.utils.each(tiddlers,function(tiddlerFields) {
+		tiddlerFields.title = $tw.utils.trim(tiddlerFields.title);
 		var title = tiddlerFields.title;
 		if(title) {
 			incomingTiddlers.push(title);
diff --git a/licenses/cla-individual.md b/licenses/cla-individual.md
index d800bfa74..044a21de9 100644
--- a/licenses/cla-individual.md
+++ b/licenses/cla-individual.md
@@ -317,4 +317,6 @@ Richard Decal, @crypdick, 2017/04/04
 
 Adrian Morosanu, @morosanuae, 2017/06/02
 
+Rob Hoelz, @hoelzro, 2017/05/08
+
 Saq Imtiaz, @saqimtiaz, 2017/06/14