diff --git a/SmalltalkSources/SBE-ExtractBook.package/SBEBookExtractor.class/instance/basicVisitRoot..st b/SmalltalkSources/SBE-ExtractBook.package/SBEBookExtractor.class/instance/basicVisitRoot..st
index 5cb06f4..93ada17 100644
--- a/SmalltalkSources/SBE-ExtractBook.package/SBEBookExtractor.class/instance/basicVisitRoot..st
+++ b/SmalltalkSources/SBE-ExtractBook.package/SBEBookExtractor.class/instance/basicVisitRoot..st
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ basicVisitRoot: node
 		oldNode := nodeStack top.
 		self stream contents withBlanksTrimmed ifNotEmpty: [:text |
 			self assert: oldNode text isNil.
-			oldNode text: text withBlanksTrimmed]].
+			oldNode text: text]].
 	self flag: #todo. "requires SOH to be not a separator!"
 	
 	^ result
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SmalltalkSources/SBE-ExtractBook.package/SBEBookExtractor.class/methodProperties.json b/SmalltalkSources/SBE-ExtractBook.package/SBEBookExtractor.class/methodProperties.json
index 15dd872..577f2de 100644
--- a/SmalltalkSources/SBE-ExtractBook.package/SBEBookExtractor.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/SmalltalkSources/SBE-ExtractBook.package/SBEBookExtractor.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"class" : {
 		"example" : "ct 11/25/2023 20:23" },
 	"instance" : {
-		"basicVisitRoot:" : "ct 11/24/2023 19:05",
+		"basicVisitRoot:" : "ct 11/26/2023 20:21",
 		"basicVisitText:" : "ct 11/26/2023 19:48",
 		"book" : "ct 11/8/2023 23:05",
 		"commandAppendix:" : "ct 11/25/2023 19:31",