diff --git a/lib/screens/onboarding_git_url.dart b/lib/screens/onboarding_git_url.dart
index 48bf948f..8efa66b2 100644
--- a/lib/screens/onboarding_git_url.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/onboarding_git_url.dart
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class OnBoardingGitUrlState extends State<OnBoardingGitUrl> {
         decoration: const InputDecoration(
           hintText: 'Eg: git@github.com:GitJournal/GitJournal.git',
         ),
-        validator: (value) {
+        validator: (String value) {
+          value = value.trim();
           if (value.isEmpty) {
             return 'Please enter some text';
           }
diff --git a/lib/screens/onboarding_screens.dart b/lib/screens/onboarding_screens.dart
index 788d0689..e1ab8a19 100644
--- a/lib/screens/onboarding_screens.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/onboarding_screens.dart
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class OnBoardingScreenState extends State<OnBoardingScreen> {
             );
 
             // We aren't calling setState as this isn't being used for rendering
-            _gitCloneUrl = sshUrl;
+            _gitCloneUrl = sshUrl.trim();
 
             this._generateSshKey();