diff --git a/django_project/geosight/importer/importers/excel/_base.py b/django_project/geosight/importer/importers/excel/_base.py
index ddda250f0..106afa16d 100644
--- a/django_project/geosight/importer/importers/excel/_base.py
+++ b/django_project/geosight/importer/importers/excel/_base.py
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ def get_records(self) -> List:
             row = {}
             for idx, header in enumerate(headers):
                 try:
-                    row[header] = clean_value(record[idx])
+                    row[header.strip()] = clean_value(record[idx])
                 except (ValueError, IndexError):
                     pass
             for key, value in self.mapping.items():
                 try:
-                    row[value] = clean_value(row[key])
+                    row[value] = clean_value(row[key.strip()])
                 except KeyError:
                     pass
             data.append(row)
diff --git a/django_project/version/version.txt b/django_project/version/version.txt
index 5679b37ea..8e243e11d 100644
--- a/django_project/version/version.txt
+++ b/django_project/version/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.40.7
\ No newline at end of file
+1.40.8
\ No newline at end of file