diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 852adf0..6b58fb5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Changelog
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, in reverse chronological order by release.
 
-## V1.1.2 - TBD
+## V1.1.2 - 2019-02-28
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, in reverse
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Nothing.
+- [#12](https://github.com/elie29/validator/issues/12) StringCleanerRule should not clean string on error.
 
 ## V1.1.1 - 2019-02-28
 
diff --git a/src/Rule/StringCleanerRule.php b/src/Rule/StringCleanerRule.php
index 4598971..589aac5 100644
--- a/src/Rule/StringCleanerRule.php
+++ b/src/Rule/StringCleanerRule.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /**
  * This class verifies that a value is a valid string.
  * It calls Text::removeInvisibleChars in order to clean the string
- * after validation.
+ * after validate returns VALID.
  */
 class StringCleanerRule extends StringRule
 {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public function getValue(): string
         $value = parent::getValue();
 
         // better in case called before validate
-        if (is_string($value)) {
+        if (! $this->error && is_string($value)) {
             $value = Text::removeInvisibleChars($value);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Rule/StringCleanerRuleTest.php b/tests/Rule/StringCleanerRuleTest.php
index 5fe3235..70f67f9 100644
--- a/tests/Rule/StringCleanerRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Rule/StringCleanerRuleTest.php
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ public function testValidate($value, $params, $expectedValue, $expectedError): v
 
     public function getStringValueProvider(): \Generator
     {
-        yield 'Given value is cleaned by trim' => [
+        yield 'Given value is cleaned by trim and would be valid' => [
             "\x00", [], '', ''
         ];
 
+        yield 'Given value is not cleaned by trim and would be valid even when cleaned is empty' => [
+            "\x00", [StringCleanerRule::TRIM => false, StringCleanerRule::REQUIRED => true], '', ''
+        ];
+
         yield 'Given value should be cleaned' => [
             "f\x00f", [StringCleanerRule::REQUIRED => true], 'ff', ''
         ];
@@ -36,5 +40,10 @@ public function getStringValueProvider(): \Generator
         yield 'Given value between 4 and 8 characters' => [
             '%7FPeter ', [StringCleanerRule::MIN => 4, StringCleanerRule::MAX => 8], 'Peter', ''
         ];
+
+        yield 'Given value should not be cleaned before validation' => [
+            "f\x00f", [StringCleanerRule::REQUIRED => true, StringCleanerRule::MAX => 2], "f\x00f",
+            "name: The length of f\x00f is not between 0 and 2"
+        ];
     }
 }