diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/ui/service/AccountTransactionsFilterService.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/ui/service/AccountTransactionsFilterService.kt
index 7a44ec7..e1fa5e1 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/ui/service/AccountTransactionsFilterService.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/ui/service/AccountTransactionsFilterService.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class AccountTransactionsFilterService {
             appliedAccountFilter = appliedAccountFilter.filter { it.valueDate.year == year && (month == null || it.valueDate.monthNumber == month) }
         }
 
-        val searchTerms = filter.searchTerm.split(SearchTermOrSeparatorSymbol).filter { it.isNotBlank() }
+        val searchTerms = filter.searchTerm.split(SearchTermOrSeparatorSymbol).filter { it.isNotBlank() }.map { it.trim() }
         return if (searchTerms.isEmpty()) {
             appliedAccountFilter
         } else {
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/ui/service/AccountTransactionsFilterServiceTest.kt b/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/ui/service/AccountTransactionsFilterServiceTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ebca52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonTest/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/ui/service/AccountTransactionsFilterServiceTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package net.codinux.banking.ui.service
+
+import kotlinx.datetime.*
+import net.codinux.banking.client.model.Amount
+import net.codinux.banking.client.model.DefaultValues
+import net.codinux.banking.client.model.extensions.EuropeBerlin
+import net.codinux.banking.ui.model.AccountTransactionViewModel
+import net.codinux.banking.ui.model.AccountTransactionsFilter
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+class AccountTransactionsFilterServiceTest {
+
+    private val underTest = AccountTransactionsFilterService()
+
+
+    @Test
+    fun filterAccounts_TermsSeparatedByComma_WhitespaceGetsFilteredOut() {
+        // before whitespace after comma led to that for " rewe" was search which yielded no results (as opposed to "rewe") -> ensure whitespace gets remove
+        val filter = filter("edeka, rewe")
+
+        val result = underTest.filterAccounts(listOf(transaction("Edeka"), transaction("Rewe")), filter)
+
+        assertEquals(2, result.size)
+    }
+
+
+    private fun filter(searchTerm: String = "") = AccountTransactionsFilter().apply {
+        this.updateSearchTerm(searchTerm)
+    }
+
+    private fun transaction(reference: String? = null, otherPartyName: String? = null, valueDate: LocalDate = Clock.System.todayIn(TimeZone.EuropeBerlin)) = AccountTransactionViewModel(
+        -1, -1, -1, Amount("0"), DefaultValues.DefaultCurrency, reference, valueDate, otherPartyName
+    )
+}
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