diff --git a/sphinx_plugin/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php b/sphinx_plugin/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
index 3dfdb82..e0c467d 100644
--- a/sphinx_plugin/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
+++ b/sphinx_plugin/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ function searchd_running()
 				exec('whereis -b pidof', $output);
 				if (sizeof($output) > 1)
 				{
-					$output = explode(' ', $output[0]);
+					$output = explode(' ', trim($output[0]));
 					$pidof_command = $output[1]; // 0 is pidof:
 				}