diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
index 2203570cd..233d61948 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ our %types =
 );
 
 sub qqq {    ## Un-pad paragraph of text.
-    local $_=shift;
-    s{\n?^\s*}{}mg;
+    local $_ = shift;
+    s{\n?^\s*}{ }mg;
     return $_;
 }