diff --git a/snap7/util/db.py b/snap7/util/db.py
index 5f0f321e..6996d89b 100644
--- a/snap7/util/db.py
+++ b/snap7/util/db.py
@@ -152,8 +152,13 @@ def parse_specification(db_specification: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
     for line in db_specification.split("\n"):
         if line and not line.lstrip().startswith("#"):
-            index, *var_name, _type = line.lstrip().split("#")[0].split()
-            var_name = " ".join(var_name)
+            index, *notUsed, _type = line.lstrip().split("#")[0].split()
+
+            match = re.compile(r'(\s*)(\S+)(\s*)').findall(line)
+            
+            var_name = ''.join([m[0] + m[1] + m[2] for m in match[1:-1]])
+            var_name = var_name.strip()
+
             parsed_db_specification[var_name] = (index, _type)
 
     return parsed_db_specification
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
index 9826623c..bd41bfca 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -449,16 +449,18 @@ def test_db_creation(self) -> None:
     def test_db_creation_vars_with_whitespace(self) -> None:
         test_array = bytearray(_bytearray * 1)
         test_spec = """
-52      test Byte    BYTE
-57      supportByte         BYTE
+        50      testZeroSpaces    BYTE
+        52      testOne Space    BYTE
+        59      testTWo  Spaces   BYTE
 """
 
         test_db = DB(1, test_array, test_spec, row_size=len(_bytearray), size=1, layout_offset=0, db_offset=0)
 
         exp = test_db.export()
-        print(exp[0].keys())
-        
-        self.assertTrue("test Byte" in exp[0].keys())
+
+        self.assertTrue("testZeroSpaces" in exp[0].keys())
+        self.assertTrue("testOne Space" in exp[0].keys())
+        self.assertTrue("testTWo  Spaces" in exp[0].keys())
 
 
     def test_db_export(self) -> None: