diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/PLYReader.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/PLYReader.cc
index 2b4a6f5d..f0f6d154 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/PLYReader.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/PLYReader.cc
@@ -1351,6 +1351,7 @@ bool _PLYReader_::can_u_read(std::istream& _is) const {
       if (keyword == "comment") {
         std::getline(_is, line);
         
+        trim(line);
         // TextureFile
         if (line.rfind(" TextureFile ", 0) == 0) {
           std::cerr << "Comment: " << std::endl;