diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/internal/svs/VariablePageContent.kt b/src/main/kotlin/internal/svs/VariablePageContent.kt
index a8ff840..c54698e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/internal/svs/VariablePageContent.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/internal/svs/VariablePageContent.kt
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ data class VariablePageContent(
     private fun Element.asQuestion(): Question {
         val spanAttribute = "data-en"
         return Question(
-            period = select("td:eq(0) span[$spanAttribute]").attr(spanAttribute),
-            instrument = select("td:eq(1) span[$spanAttribute]").attr(spanAttribute),
-            text = select("td:eq(2) span[$spanAttribute]").attr(spanAttribute),
+            period = select("td:eq(0) span[$spanAttribute]").attr(spanAttribute).sanitise(),
+            instrument = select("td:eq(1) span[$spanAttribute]").attr(spanAttribute).sanitise(),
+            text = select("td:eq(2) span[$spanAttribute]").attr(spanAttribute).sanitise(),
             referenceUrl = URL(PANEL_DATA_SITE_DOMAIN + select("td:eq(2) a").attr("href"))
         )
     }
+
+    private fun String.sanitise() = lines().joinToString().trim()
 }