diff --git a/coercer/__main__.py b/coercer/__main__.py
index 1bc97de..90bda88 100755
--- a/coercer/__main__.py
+++ b/coercer/__main__.py
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ def main():
             sys.exit(0)
 
     # Sort uniq on targets list
+    targets = [t.strip() for t in targets if len(t.strip()) != 0]
     targets = sorted(list(set(targets)))
 
     final_targets = []