diff --git a/meshcentral.js b/meshcentral.js
index 40d22caf..025b9067 100644
--- a/meshcentral.js
+++ b/meshcentral.js
@@ -774,11 +774,11 @@ function CreateMeshCentralServer(config, args) {
         config.settings.swarmallowedip = obj.args.swarmallowedip = readIpListFromFile(obj.args.swarmallowedip);
 
         // Check IP lists and ranges
-        if (typeof obj.args.userallowedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.userallowedip == '') { config.settings.userallowedip = obj.args.userallowedip = null; } else { config.settings.userallowedip = obj.args.userallowedip = obj.args.userallowedip.split(','); } }
-        if (typeof obj.args.userblockedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.userblockedip == '') { config.settings.userblockedip = obj.args.userblockedip = null; } else { config.settings.userblockedip = obj.args.userblockedip = obj.args.userblockedip.split(','); } }
-        if (typeof obj.args.agentallowedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.agentallowedip == '') { config.settings.agentallowedip = obj.args.agentallowedip = null; } else { config.settings.agentallowedip = obj.args.agentallowedip = obj.args.agentallowedip.split(','); } }
-        if (typeof obj.args.agentblockedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.agentblockedip == '') { config.settings.agentblockedip = obj.args.agentblockedip = null; } else { config.settings.agentblockedip = obj.args.agentblockedip = obj.args.agentblockedip.split(','); } }
-        if (typeof obj.args.swarmallowedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.swarmallowedip == '') { obj.args.swarmallowedip = null; } else { obj.args.swarmallowedip = obj.args.swarmallowedip.split(','); } }
+        if (typeof obj.args.userallowedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.userallowedip == '') { config.settings.userallowedip = obj.args.userallowedip = null; } else { config.settings.userallowedip = obj.args.userallowedip = obj.args.userallowedip.split(' ').join('').split(','); } }
+        if (typeof obj.args.userblockedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.userblockedip == '') { config.settings.userblockedip = obj.args.userblockedip = null; } else { config.settings.userblockedip = obj.args.userblockedip = obj.args.userblockedip.split(' ').join('').split(','); } }
+        if (typeof obj.args.agentallowedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.agentallowedip == '') { config.settings.agentallowedip = obj.args.agentallowedip = null; } else { config.settings.agentallowedip = obj.args.agentallowedip = obj.args.agentallowedip.split(' ').join('').split(','); } }
+        if (typeof obj.args.agentblockedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.agentblockedip == '') { config.settings.agentblockedip = obj.args.agentblockedip = null; } else { config.settings.agentblockedip = obj.args.agentblockedip = obj.args.agentblockedip.split(' ').join('').split(','); } }
+        if (typeof obj.args.swarmallowedip == 'string') { if (obj.args.swarmallowedip == '') { obj.args.swarmallowedip = null; } else { obj.args.swarmallowedip = obj.args.swarmallowedip.split(' ').join('').split(','); } }
         if ((typeof obj.args.agentupdateblocksize == 'number') && (obj.args.agentupdateblocksize >= 1024) && (obj.args.agentupdateblocksize <= 65531)) { obj.agentUpdateBlockSize = obj.args.agentupdateblocksize; }
         if (typeof obj.args.trustedproxy == 'string') { obj.args.trustedproxy = obj.args.trustedproxy.split(' ').join('').split(','); }
         if (typeof obj.args.tlsoffload == 'string') { obj.args.tlsoffload = obj.args.tlsoffload.split(' ').join('').split(','); }