diff --git a/main.odin b/main.odin
index 53dd225..375b521 100644
--- a/main.odin
+++ b/main.odin
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import "core:strings"
 getSpaceDelimetedItems :: proc(backingBuffer: []byte) -> []string {
     count, _ := os.read(os.stdin, backingBuffer)
     response := string(backingBuffer[:count - 1]) // leave off the newline
-    items, _ := strings.split(response, " ")
+    strings.trim_space(response)
+    items, _ := strings.fields(response)
     return items
 }