diff --git a/src/src/Helpers/StringConverter.cpp b/src/src/Helpers/StringConverter.cpp
index 6287e5b42..33e90a1c1 100644
--- a/src/src/Helpers/StringConverter.cpp
+++ b/src/src/Helpers/StringConverter.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void removeExtraNewLine(String& line) {
 }
 
 void removeChar(String& line, char character) {
-  line.replace(character, ' ');
+  line.replace(String(character), EMPTY_STRING);
 }
 
 void addNewLine(String& line) {
diff --git a/src/src/Helpers/StringParser.cpp b/src/src/Helpers/StringParser.cpp
index a38487235..0f8df871e 100644
--- a/src/src/Helpers/StringParser.cpp
+++ b/src/src/Helpers/StringParser.cpp
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ void transformValue(
 // Return INVALID_TASK_INDEX when not found, else return taskIndex
 taskIndex_t findTaskIndexByName(String deviceName, bool allowDisabled)
 {
+  deviceName.trim();
   deviceName.toLowerCase();
   // cache this, since LoadTaskSettings does take some time.
   auto result = Cache.taskIndexName.find(deviceName);