diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/schema.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/schema.js
index 4d47167924..7bfc9b040a 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/schema.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/schema.js
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ Zotero.Schema = new function(){
 		var Mode = Zotero.Utilities.capitalize(mode);
 		
 		var repotime = yield Zotero.File.getContentsFromURLAsync("resource://zotero/schema/repotime.txt");
-		var date = Zotero.Date.sqlToDate(repotime, true);
+		var date = Zotero.Date.sqlToDate(repotime.trim(), true);
 		repotime = Zotero.Date.toUnixTimestamp(date);
 		
 		var fileNameRE = new RegExp("^[^\.].+\\" + fileExt + "$");