diff --git a/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_export_csv.inc.php b/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_export_csv.inc.php
index 191b84572d..bb00313bf2 100644
--- a/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_export_csv.inc.php
+++ b/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_export_csv.inc.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class timesheet_export_csv implements importexport_iface_export_plugin {
 			'ts_status'	=>	$uitimesheet->status_labels+array(lang('No status'))
 		);
 		foreach($lookups['ts_status'] as &$status) {
-			$status = html_entity_decode($status); // Remove  
+			$status = trim(html_entity_decode($status)); // Remove  
 		}
 
 		// $options['selection'] is array of identifiers as this plugin doesn't