diff --git a/src/coverPhoto.js b/src/coverPhoto.js
index 699e4ee374..7965f310ea 100644
--- a/src/coverPhoto.js
+++ b/src/coverPhoto.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ coverPhoto.getDefaultProfileCover = function (uid) {
 
 function getCover(type, id) {
 	if (meta.config[type + ':defaultCovers']) {		
-		var covers = meta.config[type + ':defaultCovers'].split(/\s*?,\s*?/g);
+		var covers = meta.config[type + ':defaultCovers'].trim().split(/[\s,]+/g);
 		
 		if (typeof id === 'string') {
 			id = (id.charCodeAt(0) + id.charCodeAt(1)) % covers.length;
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ function getCover(type, id) {
 	return nconf.get('relative_path') + '/images/cover-default.png';
 }
 
-module.exports = coverPhoto;
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+module.exports = coverPhoto;