diff --git a/add/data/xqm/edition.xqm b/add/data/xqm/edition.xqm
index 7588d5b5e98fb4cb2019395d62cbc95d0b69c248..7318e0431eb17d9f5fcd81074a26a85802925395 100644
--- a/add/data/xqm/edition.xqm
+++ b/add/data/xqm/edition.xqm
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ declare function edition:details($uri as xs:string) as map(*) {
         map {
             "id": $edition/string(@xml:id),
             "doc": $uri,
-            "name": $edition/edirom:editionName
+            "name": $edition/edirom:editionName => fn:normalize-space()
         }
 };