diff --git a/app/models/aspect.rb b/app/models/aspect.rb
index 56210f0db..5758f49c4 100644
--- a/app/models/aspect.rb
+++ b/app/models/aspect.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ class Aspect
   validates_presence_of :name
   validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => :user_id
   attr_accessible :name
-
+  
+  before_validation do
+    name.strip!
+  end
+  
   timestamps!
 
   def to_s
diff --git a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
index 7d6cde6c9..5a179cce1 100644
--- a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ describe Aspect do
   let(:aspect3) {user3.aspect(:name => "lala")}
 
   describe 'creation' do
-    let(:aspect){user.aspect(:name => 'losers')}
+    let!(:aspect){user.aspect(:name => 'losers')}
     it 'should have a name' do
       aspect.name.should == "losers"
     end
 
+    it 'should not allow duplicate names' do
+      lambda {
+        invalid_aspect = user.aspect(:name => "losers ")
+      }.should_not change(Aspect, :count)
+    end
+
     it 'should not be creatable with people' do
       aspect = user.aspect(:name => 'losers', :people => [friend, friend_2])
       aspect.people.size.should == 0