diff --git a/bin/feedio b/bin/feedio
index 497def5b..0f9bce2c 100755
--- a/bin/feedio
+++ b/bin/feedio
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ function read(FeedIo $feedIo, string $url)
 
     $items = array_reverse(iterator_to_array($feed));
     foreach( $items as $i => $item ) {
-        echo "\033[32m{$item->getLastModified()->format(\DateTime::ATOM)} - \033[34m{$item->getTitle()}\033[0m:" . PHP_EOL;
+        $title = trim(preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $item->getTitle()));
+        echo "\033[32m{$item->getLastModified()->format(\DateTime::ATOM)}\033[0m - \033[34m{$title}\033[0m" . PHP_EOL;
+        echo "\033[36m{$item->getLink()}\033[0m" . PHP_EOL;
         echo "\t". strip_tags(nl2br($item->getContent())) . PHP_EOL;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/Link.php b/src/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/Link.php
index 60dd7c64..c7b97ca3 100644
--- a/src/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/Link.php
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Rule/Atom/Link.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ protected function selectAlternateLink(NodeInterface $node, \DOMElement $element
         ($element->hasAttribute('rel') && $element->getAttribute('rel') == 'alternate')
         || is_null($node->getLink())
         ) {
-            $href = $element->getAttribute('href');
+            $href = trim($element->getAttribute('href'));
             if (parse_url($href, PHP_URL_HOST) == null) {
                 $baseUrl = $node->getHostFromLink();
                 if ($baseUrl !== null) {
diff --git a/src/FeedIo/Rule/Link.php b/src/FeedIo/Rule/Link.php
index ca65a8cc..f09fb687 100644
--- a/src/FeedIo/Rule/Link.php
+++ b/src/FeedIo/Rule/Link.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Link extends RuleAbstract
      */
     public function setProperty(NodeInterface $node, \DOMElement $element): void
     {
-        $nodeValue = $element->nodeValue;
+        $nodeValue = trim($element->nodeValue);
         if (parse_url($nodeValue, PHP_URL_HOST) == null) {
             $nodeValue = $node->getHostFromLink(). $nodeValue;
         }
diff --git a/tests/FeedIo/Rule/LinkTest.php b/tests/FeedIo/Rule/LinkTest.php
index c5496f05..b4eefe17 100644
--- a/tests/FeedIo/Rule/LinkTest.php
+++ b/tests/FeedIo/Rule/LinkTest.php
@@ -58,4 +58,30 @@ public function testCreateElement()
 
         $this->assertXmlStringEqualsXmlString('<feed><link>' . self::LINK .'</link></feed>', $document->saveXML());
     }
+
+    public function testSetWithWhitespace()
+    {
+        $item = new Item();
+        // No initial link needed since we're testing absolute URLs with whitespace
+
+        // Test URL with leading/trailing whitespace (like in RSS feeds)
+        $urlWithWhitespace = "\nhttps://www.somedomain.de/test-article/view/news/123456";
+        $expectedUrl = 'https://www.somedomain.de/test-article/view/news/123456';
+
+        $this->object->setProperty($item, new \DOMElement('link', $urlWithWhitespace));
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedUrl, $item->getLink());
+    }
+
+    public function testSetWithRelativeUrl()
+    {
+        $item = new Item();
+        $item->setLink('https://example.com/base');
+
+        // Test relative URL should still work correctly
+        $relativeUrl = '/test-path';
+        $expectedUrl = 'https://example.com/test-path';
+
+        $this->object->setProperty($item, new \DOMElement('link', $relativeUrl));
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedUrl, $item->getLink());
+    }
 }