diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
index 916396aa..29e8ae3d 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ sub handle_result($self, $context, $result = $context->{result}) {
     $context->{original_result} = $result;
 
     $result =~ s/[\n\r]/ /g unless $preserve_newlines;
-    $result =~ s/[ \t]+/ /g unless $context->{preserve_whitespace};
+    #$result =~ s/[ \t]+/ /g unless $context->{preserve_whitespace};
 
     my $max_lines = $self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value($context->{from}, 'max_newlines') // 4;
     my $lines = 0;
@@ -1320,6 +1320,9 @@ sub make_args($self, $string, %opts) {
         # add argument with quotes and spaces preserved
         push @arglist_unstripped, $arg;
 
+        # strip leading spaces from argument
+        $arg =~ s/^\s+//;
+
         # strip quotes from argument
         if ($arg =~ m/^'.*'$/) {
             $arg =~ s/^'//;
@@ -1329,9 +1332,6 @@ sub make_args($self, $string, %opts) {
             $arg =~ s/"$//;
         }
 
-        # strip leading spaces from argument
-        $arg =~ s/^\s+//;
-
         # add stripped argument
         push @arglist, $arg;
     }
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Plugin/FuncSed.pm b/lib/PBot/Plugin/FuncSed.pm
index f03dd3b4..82a28ce1 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Plugin/FuncSed.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Plugin/FuncSed.pm
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sub func_sed($self, @rest) {
     my $text = "@rest";
 
     my $result = eval {
-        if ($text =~ /^s(.)(.*?)(?<!\\)\1(.*?)(?<!\\)\1(\S*)\s+(.*)/p) {
+        if ($text =~ /^s(.)(.*?)(?<!\\)\1(.*?)(?<!\\)\1(\S*)\s(.*)/p) {
             my ($a, $r, $g, $m, $t) = ($5, "'\"$3\"'", index($4, "g") != -1, $4, $2);
 
             #print "a: $a, r: $r, g: $g, m: $m, t: $t\n";
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 6df3db59..feb9af05 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4821,
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4822,
     BUILD_DATE     => "2024-11-02",
 };