diff --git a/tools/binlang b/tools/binlang
index bb47238db7..58c4e0a0ec 100755
--- a/tools/binlang
+++ b/tools/binlang
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ while(<LANG>) {
                 $value = $set{'eng'};
             }
 
-            if($value =~ s/^\"(.*)\" *$/$1/g) {
+            if($value =~ s/^\"(.*)\"\s*$/$1/g) {
 
                 $idnum = $idnum{$set{'id'}};