diff --git a/src/common/parsing.c b/src/common/parsing.c
index e76029f65..015235952 100644
--- a/src/common/parsing.c
+++ b/src/common/parsing.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "fastfetch.h"
 #include "common/parsing.h"
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
 bool ffStrSet(const char* str)
@@ -7,13 +8,10 @@ bool ffStrSet(const char* str)
     if(str == NULL)
         return false;
 
-    while(*str != '\0')
-    {
-        if(*str != ' ' && *str != '\t' && *str != '\n' && *str != '\r')
-            return true;
-    }
+    while(isspace(*str))
+        str++;
 
-    return false;
+    return *str != '\0';
 }
 
 void ffParseSemver(FFstrbuf* buffer, const FFstrbuf* major, const FFstrbuf* minor, const FFstrbuf* patch)