diff --git a/lib/exe/ajax.php b/lib/exe/ajax.php
index 1939a7bcb166577fe9c1b6c5192e7a55eb472315..7d594dc046ca923574a1decc19b3c2d8c93b7967 100644
--- a/lib/exe/ajax.php
+++ b/lib/exe/ajax.php
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ function ajax_linkwiz(){
     global $conf;
     global $lang;
 
-    $q  = ltrim($_POST['q'],':');
+    $q  = ltrim(trim($_POST['q']),':');
     $id = noNS($q);
     $ns = getNS($q);