diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84f24a25..61e52708 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   * Added a check if Downloadpath is alongside Wabbajack.exe location, to match the install path check that already exists
   * Added check for identical download and install paths
 
+  * Fixed No Delete and NoDelete being handled by stripping whitespace before the regex, to idiotproof things a bit
+
 #### Version - 3.1.0.0 - 5/7/2023
 * Fixed Readme opening twice
 * Updated Text in the UI to better describe current app behavior
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Installer/AInstaller.cs b/Wabbajack.Installer/AInstaller.cs
index 44fb9d07..8f6c6482 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Installer/AInstaller.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Installer/AInstaller.cs
@@ -534,8 +534,8 @@ public abstract class AInstaller<T>
                     return f;
 
                 if (f.InFolder(profileFolder) && f.Parent.FileName == savePath) return f;
-
-                if (NoDeleteRegex.IsMatch(f.ToString()))
+                var fNoSpaces = new string(f.ToString().Where(c => !Char.IsWhiteSpace(c)).ToArray());
+                if (NoDeleteRegex.IsMatch(fNoSpaces))
                     return f;
 
                 if (bsaPathsToNotBuild.Contains(f))