diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d5d82e9..8f203da 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Example
         'some:int': 1000000
         foo: "hallo #welt" #Inline comment :)
         trueish: Falseeeeeee
+        blog   : raphael.codes
         relative-root: /          # web app root path (default: '')
         lektor: 0.0.0.0:5000      # local build
         doc_tools:
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ Example
             u'some:int': 1000000,
             u'foo': u'hallo #welt',
             u'trueish': u'Falseeeeeee',
+            u'blog': u'raphael.codes',
             u'doc_tools': [u'mkdocs', u'sphinx', None],
         },
         u'zZz': True,
diff --git a/src/poyo/patterns.py b/src/poyo/patterns.py
index 977ccba..4859682 100644
--- a/src/poyo/patterns.py
+++ b/src/poyo/patterns.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 _INDENT = r"(?P<indent>^ *)"
 _INDENT_MATCH = r"(?P=indent)"
-_VAR = r"(?P<variable>.+?):"
+_VAR = r"(?P<variable>.+?)\s*:"
 _VALUE = r"(?P<value>(?:(?P<q2>['\"]).*?(?P=q2))|[^#]+?)"
 _STR_VALUE = r"((?:(?P<q2>['\"]).*?(?P=q2))|[^#]+?)"
 _NEWLINE = r"$\n"
diff --git a/tests/foobar.yml b/tests/foobar.yml
index 7b13ad5..a1be197 100644
--- a/tests/foobar.yml
+++ b/tests/foobar.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ default_context: # foobar
     'some:int': 1000000
     foo: "hallo #welt" #Inline comment :)
     trueish: Falseeeeeee
+    blog   : raphael.codes
     relative-root: /          # web app root path (default: '')
     lektor: 0.0.0.0:5000      # local build
     doc_tools:
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
index 916a588..d062389 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def test_parse_string(string_data):
             u"some:int": 1000000,
             u"foo": u"hallo #welt",
             u"trueish": u"Falseeeeeee",
+            u"blog": u"raphael.codes",
             u"doc_tools": [u"mkdocs", u"sphinx", None],
         },
         u"zZz": True,