diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/emulator/mininetclidriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/emulator/mininetclidriver.py
index 32339a4..e0e938c 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/emulator/mininetclidriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/emulator/mininetclidriver.py
@@ -1915,6 +1915,7 @@
         hostStr = handlePy.replace( "]", "" )
         hostStr = hostStr.replace( "'", "" )
         hostStr = hostStr.replace( "[", "" )
+        hostStr = hostStr.replace( " ", "" )
         hostList = hostStr.split( "," )
 
         return hostList