diff --git a/generators/app/grammarConverter.js b/generators/app/grammarConverter.js
index 8a711cd6..2e7118ca 100644
--- a/generators/app/grammarConverter.js
+++ b/generators/app/grammarConverter.js
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ function convertGrammar(location, extensionConfig) {
     } else {
         // load from disk
         var body = null;
+        // trim the spaces of the location path
+        location = location.trim()
         try {
             body = fs.readFileSync(location);
         } catch (error) {
@@ -107,4 +109,4 @@ function processContent(extensionConfig, fileName, body) {
     extensionConfig.languageContent = body;
 };
 
-exports.convertGrammar = convertGrammar;
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+exports.convertGrammar = convertGrammar;