diff --git a/fetch_fio.sh b/fetch_fio.sh
index aaa5cef..64d8060 100644
--- a/fetch_fio.sh
+++ b/fetch_fio.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ while ! [ -z "$1" ] ; do
     esac
 done
 
-# Configuration parsing
+# Configuration parsing - assumes "dumb" sed which cannot execute
+# multiple statements
 get_config_value() {
     if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
 	echo "get_config_value() requires parameter name"
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@ get_config_value() {
 	| sed 's/#.*//' \
 	| sed 's/^[ \t]*//' \
 	| grep "^$1" \
-	| sed 's/^[^ \t]*//'
+	| sed 's/^[^ \t]*//' \
+	| sed 's/^[ \t]*//' \
+	| sed 's/[ \t]*$//'
 }
 CFG_BANK_DIR=`get_config_value bank-dir`
 CFG_APIKEYS_FILE=`get_config_value apikeys-file`