diff --git a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/spec/factories/writing_conferences.rb b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/spec/factories/writing_conferences.rb
index 8f338f5e..129cc2bb 100644
--- a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/spec/factories/writing_conferences.rb
+++ b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/spec/factories/writing_conferences.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     end
 
     f.sequence(:author_tokens) do |n|
-      "#{data_json[n]["author"].map{|m| m.split(",").reverse.join(" ")}.join(",")}"
+      "#{data_json[n]["author"].map{|m| m.split(",").reverse.map(&:strip).join(" ")}.join(",")}"
     end
 
     #f.sequence(:form_to_start) do |n|
diff --git a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/spec/factories/writing_journals.rb b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/spec/factories/writing_journals.rb
index 0d1f6b62..1afe175b 100644
--- a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/spec/factories/writing_journals.rb
+++ b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/spec/factories/writing_journals.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     end
 
     f.sequence(:author_tokens) do |n|
-      "#{data_json[n]["author"].map{|m| m.split(",").reverse.join(" ")}.join(",")}"
+      "#{data_json[n]["author"].map{|m| m.split(",").reverse.map(&:strip).join(" ")}.join(",")}"
     end
 
     f.sequence(:form_to_start) do |n|