diff --git a/module/UpdateTargetList.sh b/module/UpdateTargetList.sh
index 981eefe..88183f5 100644
--- a/module/UpdateTargetList.sh
+++ b/module/UpdateTargetList.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Read exclution and addition config
-EXCLUDE=$(grep -vE '^#|^$' "$MODDIR/EXCLUDE" | tr '\n' '|' | sed 's/|$//')
+EXCLUDE=$(grep -vE '^[[:space:]]*#|^[[:space:]]*$' "$MODDIR/EXCLUDE" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//' | tr '\n' '|' | sed 's/|$//')
 ADDITION=$(grep -vE '^[[:space:]]*#|^[[:space:]]*$' "$MODDIR/ADDITION")
 
 # Create or overwrite the target.txt file
diff --git a/module/customize.sh b/module/customize.sh
index f19379b..86d40e7 100644
--- a/module/customize.sh
+++ b/module/customize.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ TS="/data/adb/tricky_store"
 CONFIG_DIR="$TS/target_list_config"
 MODNAME=$(grep '^id=' "$MODPATH/module.prop" | awk -F= '{print $2}' | xargs)
 ORG_DIR="/data/adb/modules/$MODNAME"
-EXCLUDE=$(grep -vE '^#|^$' "$CONFIG_DIR/EXCLUDE")
-ADDITION=$(grep -vE '^#|^$' "$CONFIG_DIR/ADDITION")
+EXCLUDE=$(grep -vE '^[[:space:]]*#|^[[:space:]]*$' "$CONFIG_DIR/EXCLUDE")
+ADDITION=$(grep -vE '^[[:space:]]*#|^[[:space:]]*$' "$CONFIG_DIR/ADDITION")
 
 if [ -d "$TS" ]; then
     echo "- Tricky store module installed"