diff --git a/default.go b/default.go
index 78fd53f..63263c8 100644
--- a/default.go
+++ b/default.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(i *LinkInfo, link string) error {
 	if attr, exists = metaTags["og:title"]; exists {
 		i.Title = attr
 	} else if tag := q.Find("title"); tag.Length() > 0 {
-		i.Title = tag.Text()
+		i.Title = strings.TrimSpace(tag.Text())
 	}
 
 	if attr, exists = metaTags["og:description"]; exists {
diff --git a/default_test.go b/default_test.go
index 5e09775..8c72091 100644
--- a/default_test.go
+++ b/default_test.go
@@ -49,3 +49,15 @@ func Test_defaultLinkHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(t *testing.T) {
+	ret := &LinkInfo{}
+
+	if err := retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(ret, "http://example.com"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unable to retrieve html link title:", err)
+	}
+
+	if ret.Title != "Example Domain" {
+		t.Fatal("Unexpected title", ret.Title)
+	}
+}