diff --git a/mxproxmox/mxproxmox b/mxproxmox/mxproxmox
index dc3cf0a..49f9bf8 100755
--- a/mxproxmox/mxproxmox
+++ b/mxproxmox/mxproxmox
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ sub read_backup_list {
     open my $in, '<', '/etc/mxproxmox/backup-list.dat' or die "/etc/mxproxmox/backup-list.dat: $!\n";
     while (<$in>) {
         chomp;
-        s/#.*//;
+        s/\s*#.*//;
         /\S/ or next;
         my ($project, $opt_limit) = split " ";
         $INCLUDE{$project} = $opt_limit;