diff --git a/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperSearch.cpp b/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperSearch.cpp
index 93ff9f680..93d70ffa2 100644
--- a/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperSearch.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperSearch.cpp
@@ -777,7 +777,16 @@ void GuiScraperSearch::updateThumbnail()
 
 void GuiScraperSearch::openInputScreen(ScraperSearchParams& params)
 {
-    auto searchForFunc = [&](const std::string& name) {
+    auto searchForFunc = [&](std::string name) {
+        // Trim leading and trailing whitespaces.
+        name.erase(name.begin(), std::find_if(name.begin(), name.end(), [](char c) {
+                       return !std::isspace(static_cast<unsigned char>(c));
+                   }));
+        name.erase(std::find_if(name.rbegin(), name.rend(),
+                                [](char c) { return !std::isspace(static_cast<unsigned char>(c)); })
+                       .base(),
+                   name.end());
+
         stop();
         mRefinedSearch = true;
         params.nameOverride = name;