diff --git a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
index 048b049ae0c8b95293c6dd50d9b44fb0aa1887b9..e154ecb62a09b0e22cb123a1a3559c5522748189 100644
--- a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
+++ b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ 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 ''