diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bbf116f..f75d992 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ async fn create_user(
     //let client = redis::Client::open("redis://127.0.0.1/").unwrap();
     //let mut con = client.get_connection().unwrap();
 
-    let username = payload.username;
+    let username = payload.username.trim().to_owned();
     let password = payload.password;
 
     let row: (i64,) = sqlx::query_as("SELECT COUNT(id) FROM users WHERE username = $1")
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ async fn authorize(db: impl PgExecutor<'_>, username: &str, password: &str) -> b
 }
 
 async fn auth_user(State(db_pool): State<PgPool>, headers: HeaderMap) -> (StatusCode, Json<Value>) {
-    let username = headers["x-auth-user"].to_str().unwrap_or("");
+    let username = headers["x-auth-user"].to_str().unwrap_or("").trim();
     let password = headers["x-auth-key"].to_str().unwrap_or("");
 
     let mut tx = db_pool.begin().await.unwrap();
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ async fn update_progress(
     headers: HeaderMap,
     Json(payload): Json<UpdateProgress>,
 ) -> StatusCode {
-    let username = headers["x-auth-user"].to_str().unwrap_or("");
+    let username = headers["x-auth-user"].to_str().unwrap_or("").trim();
     let password = headers["x-auth-key"].to_str().unwrap_or("");
 
     let mut tx = db_pool.begin().await.unwrap();
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ async fn get_progress(
     headers: HeaderMap,
     Path(document): Path<String>,
 ) -> (StatusCode, Json<Value>) {
-    let username = headers["x-auth-user"].to_str().unwrap_or("");
+    let username = headers["x-auth-user"].to_str().unwrap_or("").trim();
     let password = headers["x-auth-key"].to_str().unwrap_or("");
 
     let mut tx = db_pool.begin().await.unwrap();