diff --git a/opac/opac-detail.pl b/opac/opac-detail.pl
index 364066ea1e..87c29b9317 100755
--- a/opac/opac-detail.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-detail.pl
@@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ BEGIN
     $search_for_title =~ s/{AUTHOR}/$dat->{author}/g;
     $search_for_title =~ s/{TITLE}/$dat->{title}/g;
     $search_for_title =~ s/{ISBN}/$isbn/g;
+    $dat->{title} =~ s/\/+$//; # remove trailing slash
+    $dat->{title} =~ s/\s+$//; # remove trailing space
  $template->param('OPACSearchForTitleIn' => $search_for_title);
 }