diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 339dca50..c814d0a9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -71,3 +71,6 @@ tcl
 
 # Ignore Jupyter Notebook related temp files
 .ipynb_checkpoints/
+
+# Env Files
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/minecode/debutils.py b/minecode/debutils.py
index 64c50ab5..8493f2d4 100644
--- a/minecode/debutils.py
+++ b/minecode/debutils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #
 
 
-
 def parse_email(text):
     """
     Return a tuple of (name, email) extracted from a `text` string.
@@ -17,12 +16,10 @@ def parse_email(text):
     if not text:
         return None, None
     name, _, email = text.partition('<')
+    email = email.strip('>')
     name = name.strip()
     email = email.strip()
-    if not email:
-        return name, email
-    email.strip('>')
-    return name, email
+    return name or None, email or None
 
 
 def comma_separated(text):
diff --git a/minecode/mappers/debian.py b/minecode/mappers/debian.py
index 10bcfa88..8947e458 100644
--- a/minecode/mappers/debian.py
+++ b/minecode/mappers/debian.py
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 from minecode import map_router
 from minecode.mappers import Mapper
 from minecode.utils import form_vcs_url
-# from minecode import debutils
-
+from minecode import debutils
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 handler = logging.StreamHandler()
 logger.addHandler(handler)
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
+
 # FIXME: We are not returning download URLs. Returned information is incorrect
 
 
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ def parse_packages(metadata, purl=None):
             package.set_purl(purl)
         yield package
 
+
 #################################################################################
 # FIXME: this cannot work since we do not fetch these yet AND what are the zip jar and gz in this???
 #################################################################################
diff --git a/minecode/tests/test_debian.py b/minecode/tests/test_debian.py
index 54c3a117..f9142640 100644
--- a/minecode/tests/test_debian.py
+++ b/minecode/tests/test_debian.py
@@ -102,22 +102,29 @@ def test_parse_deb822_dsc(self):
         result = debcon.get_paragraph_data_from_file(dsc_file)
         expected_loc = self.get_test_loc('debian/debutils/3dldf_2.0.3+dfsg-2.dsc-expected')
         self.check_expected_deb822(result, expected_loc, regen=False)
+
     #################################################################
 
-    @expectedFailure
     def test_parse_email(self):
         content = 'Debian TeX Maintainers <debian-tex-maint@lists.debian.org>'
         name, email = debutils.parse_email(content)
         self.assertEquals('Debian TeX Maintainers', name)
         self.assertEquals('debian-tex-maint@lists.debian.org', email)
 
-    @expectedFailure
     def test_parse_email_2(self):
-        content = 'Debian TeX Maintainers '
+        # Space left Purposefully
+        content = '        Debian TeX Maintainers '
         name, email = debutils.parse_email(content)
         self.assertEquals('Debian TeX Maintainers', name)
         self.assertEquals(None, email)
 
+    def test_parse_email_3(self):
+        # Space left Purposefully
+        content = '<       debian-tex-maint@lists.debian.org   >'
+        name, email = debutils.parse_email(content)
+        self.assertEquals(None, name)
+        self.assertEquals("debian-tex-maint@lists.debian.org", email)
+
     def test_comma_separated(self):
         tags = 'implemented-in::perl, role::program, use::converting, works-with::pim'
         result = list(debutils.comma_separated(tags))