diff --git a/src/hamster/lib/parsing.py b/src/hamster/lib/parsing.py
index aacd200d8..9820b0d58 100644
--- a/src/hamster/lib/parsing.py
+++ b/src/hamster/lib/parsing.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 """, flags=re.VERBOSE)
 
 tags_in_description = re.compile(r"""
+    \s
     \#
     (?P<tag>
         [a-zA-Z] # Starts with an alphabetic character (digits excluded)