diff --git a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
index 279f42b8d7ce7a20a03ad12c8e9509cb7e92cee4..77f9d30430dfbeccacc995816a1b0c47c089dcce 100644
--- a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
+++ b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class CheckVersion(object):
         if not news:
             return ''
 
-        dates = re.finditer(r'^####(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})####$', news, re.M)
+        dates = re.finditer(r'^####\s*(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\s*####$', news, re.M)
         if not list(dates):
             return news or ''