diff --git a/lib/parsers/awk.tcl b/lib/parsers/awk.tcl
index 4509090..36f8ba3 100644
--- a/lib/parsers/awk.tcl
+++ b/lib/parsers/awk.tcl
@@ -131,12 +131,13 @@ proc ::sqawk::parsers::awk::splitmerge {str regexp mergeRanges} {
 # Trim the contents of the variable "record".
 proc ::sqawk::parsers::awk::trim-record mode {
     upvar 1 record record
-    set record [switch -exact -- $mode {
-        both { string trim $record }
-        left { string trimleft $record }
-        right { string trimright $record }
-        default { error "unknown more: \"$mode\"" }
-    }]
+    switch -exact -- $mode {
+        both { set record [string trim $record] }
+        left { set record [string trimleft $record] }
+        right { set record [string trimright $record] }
+        {} {}
+        default { error "unknown mode: \"$mode\"" }
+    }
 }
 
 # Convert raw text data into a list of database rows using regular
diff --git a/sqawk-dev.tcl b/sqawk-dev.tcl
index be87a0d..671fe79 100755
--- a/sqawk-dev.tcl
+++ b/sqawk-dev.tcl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ package require sqlite3
 package require textutil
 
 namespace eval ::sqawk {
-    variable version 0.13.0
+    variable version 0.13.1
 }
 
 interp alias {} ::source+ {} ::source
diff --git a/tests.tcl b/tests.tcl
index 2f2c61b..2e4ee1a 100644
--- a/tests.tcl
+++ b/tests.tcl
@@ -297,6 +297,20 @@ namespace eval ::sqawk::tests {
         return $result
     } -result ┌─┬─┬─┐\n│a│b│c│\n├─┼─┼─┤\n│d│e│f│\n├─┼─┼─┤\n│g│h│i│\n└─┴─┴─┘
 
+    tcltest::test test17 {trim option} \
+            -setup $setup \
+            -body {
+        with-temp-files filename ch {
+            set result {}
+            puts $ch {   a  }
+            close $ch
+            lappend result [sqawk-tcl {select a1 from a} $filename]
+            lappend result [sqawk-tcl {select a1 from a} trim=left $filename]
+            lappend result [sqawk-tcl {select a1 from a} trim=both $filename]
+        }
+        return $result
+    } -result {{} a a}
+
     tcltest::test test-nf-1-crop {NF mode crop} \
             -setup $setup \
             -body {