diff --git a/src/utils/utils.spec.ts b/src/utils/utils.spec.ts
index 21c71e4..eeb8eb5 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utils.spec.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ describe('lastPathComponent and extractParentFolderPath', () => {
         ['a/subfolder', 'a', 'subfolder'],
         ['parent/child', 'parent', 'child'],
         ['','',''],
-        ['   ','',''],
+        ['   ','','   '],
         ['/strange', '', 'strange'],
         ['a/b/c/', 'a/b/c', ''],
         ['d d d/e e e/f f f/ggg ggg', 'd d d/e e e/f f f', 'ggg ggg'],
         ['/','',''],
-        ['   /   ','',''],
-        ['   /','',''],
-        ['/   ','','']
+        ['   /   ','   ','   '],
+        ['   /','   ',''],
+        ['/   ','','   ']
         ])('should from %s extract %s and %s', (path: string, parentPath: string, lastComponent: string) => {
             const extractedParentPath: string = extractParentFolderPath(path)
             const extractedLastComponent: string = lastPathComponent(path)
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/utils/utils.ts
index 5afece4..4e767d5 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ export function last<T>(o: Array<T>): T | undefined {
 
 export function lastPathComponent(path: string): string {
 	const lastPathSeparatorIdx = (path ?? '').lastIndexOf('/')
-	return lastPathSeparatorIdx >= 0 ? path.substring(lastPathSeparatorIdx + 1).trim() : path.trim()
+	return lastPathSeparatorIdx >= 0 ? path.substring(lastPathSeparatorIdx + 1) : path
 }
 
 export function extractParentFolderPath(path: string): string {
 	const lastPathSeparatorIdx = (path ?? '').lastIndexOf('/')
-	return lastPathSeparatorIdx > 0 ? path.substring(0, lastPathSeparatorIdx).trim() : ''
+	return lastPathSeparatorIdx > 0 ? path.substring(0, lastPathSeparatorIdx) : ''
 }