diff --git a/lib/HELPERS.pm b/lib/HELPERS.pm
index 91d894a..c5b7485 100644
--- a/lib/HELPERS.pm
+++ b/lib/HELPERS.pm
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ sub parse_dn {
       s/\s+$//;
       ($k, $v) = split(/=/);
       next if(not defined($k));
+      # trim key and value
+      $k = s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+      $v = s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
       if($k =~ /ou/i) {
          $tmp->{'OU'} or  $tmp->{'OU'} = [];
          push(@{$tmp->{'OU'}}, $v);