diff --git a/anki/template/template.py b/anki/template/template.py
index a717e3ba9..d687270a8 100644
--- a/anki/template/template.py
+++ b/anki/template/template.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Template(object):
         """Compiles our section and tag regular expressions."""
         tags = { 'otag': re.escape(self.otag), 'ctag': re.escape(self.ctag) }
 
-        section = r"%(otag)s[\#|^]([^\}]*)%(ctag)s\s*(.+?)\s*%(otag)s/\1%(ctag)s"
+        section = r"%(otag)s[\#|^]([^\}]*)%(ctag)s(.+?)%(otag)s/\1%(ctag)s"
         self.section_re = re.compile(section % tags, re.M|re.S)
 
         tag = r"%(otag)s(#|=|&|!|>|\{)?(.+?)\1?%(ctag)s+"