diff --git a/CHANGELIST b/CHANGELIST
index 3e26389..ec2e315 100644
--- a/CHANGELIST
+++ b/CHANGELIST
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+1.4.12 Sanoid now strips trailing whitespace in template definitions in sanoid.conf, per Github #61
+
 1.4.11 enhanced Syncoid to use zfs `guid` property rather than `creation` property to ensure snapshots on source
        and target actually match. This immediately prevents conflicts due to timezone differences on source and target,
        and also paves the way in the future for Syncoid to find matching snapshots even after `zfs rename` on source
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 079d7f6..f86e029 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.11
+1.4.12
diff --git a/sanoid b/sanoid
index ac9d769..706afb2 100755
--- a/sanoid
+++ b/sanoid
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
 # project's Git repository at https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
 
-my $version = '1.4.11';
+my $version = '1.4.12';
 
 use strict;
 use Config::IniFiles;   # read samba-style conf file
@@ -577,6 +577,9 @@ sub init {
 		if (defined $ini{$section}{'use_template'}) {
 			my @templates = split (' *, *',$ini{$section}{'use_template'});
 			foreach my $rawtemplate (@templates) {
+				# strip trailing whitespace
+				$rawtemplate =~ s/\s+$//g;
+
 				my $template = 'template_'.$rawtemplate;
 				foreach my $key (keys %{$ini{$template}}) {
 					if (! ($key =~ /template|recursive/)) { 
diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index 1b16c66..0398eed 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
 # project's Git repository at https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
 
-my $version = '1.4.11';
+my $version = '1.4.12';
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;