diff --git a/src/utils/str.py b/src/utils/str.py
index 5c6324605..6e428a84d 100644
--- a/src/utils/str.py
+++ b/src/utils/str.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def normalizeWhitespace(s, removeNewline=True):
     s = str(s)
     if removeNewline:
         s = str.replace(s, '\n', '')
+    s = str.replace(s, '\t', ' ')
     while '  ' in s:
         s = str.replace(s, '  ', ' ')
     return s