diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index 411e9f2db..72debcd3e 100644
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class Consumer(object):
             r = " ".join(r)
 
         # Strip out excess white space to allow matching to go smoother
-        return re.sub(r"\s+", " ", r)
+        return strip_excess_whitespace(r)
 
     def _store(self, text, doc, thumbnail):
 
@@ -360,6 +360,14 @@ class Consumer(object):
         return Document.objects.filter(checksum=checksum).exists()
 
 
+def strip_excess_whitespace(text):
+    collapsed_spaces = re.sub(r"([^\S\r\n]+)", " ", text)
+    no_leading_whitespace = re.sub(
+        "([\n\r]+)([^\S\n\r]+)", '\\1', collapsed_spaces)
+    no_trailing_whitespace = re.sub("([^\S\n\r]+)$", '', no_leading_whitespace)
+    return no_trailing_whitespace
+
+
 def image_to_string(args):
     img, lang = args
     ocr = pyocr.get_available_tools()[0]
diff --git a/src/documents/mail.py b/src/documents/mail.py
index 8782e274c..012ee0cf9 100644
--- a/src/documents/mail.py
+++ b/src/documents/mail.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from dateutil import parser
 from django.conf import settings
 
 from .consumer import Consumer
-from .models import Correspondent, Log
+from .models import Correspondent
 
 
 class MailFetcherError(Exception):
diff --git a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
index 0acdaeeb0..a03845bd3 100644
--- a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import time
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 
-from ...models import Log
 from ...consumer import Consumer, ConsumerError
 from ...mail import MailFetcher, MailFetcherError
 
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py b/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py
index 7e303c5da..18bbab50f 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.test import TestCase
 
+from ..consumer import strip_excess_whitespace
 from ..models import FileInfo
 
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class TestAttributes(TestCase):
         )
 
 
-class Permutations(TestCase):
+class TestFieldPermutations(TestCase):
 
     valid_dates = (
         "20150102030405Z",
@@ -301,3 +302,31 @@ class Permutations(TestCase):
                         }
                         self._test_guessed_attributes(
                             template.format(**spec), **spec)
+
+
+class TestOCR(TestCase):
+
+    text_cases = [
+        ("simple     string", "simple string"),
+        (
+            "simple    newline\n   testing string",
+            "simple newline\ntesting string"
+        ),
+        (
+            "utf-8   строка с пробелами в конце  ",
+            "utf-8 строка с пробелами в конце"
+        )
+    ]
+
+    def test_strip_excess_whitespace(self):
+        for source, result in self.text_cases:
+            actual_result = strip_excess_whitespace(source)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                result,
+                actual_result,
+                "strip_exceess_whitespace({}) != '{}', but '{}'".format(
+                    source,
+                    result,
+                    actual_result
+                )
+            )