diff --git a/src/app/views/query-runner/QueryRunner.tsx b/src/app/views/query-runner/QueryRunner.tsx
index 3e54154c13..2f0865fa0a 100644
--- a/src/app/views/query-runner/QueryRunner.tsx
+++ b/src/app/views/query-runner/QueryRunner.tsx
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ export class QueryRunner extends Component<
     }
 
     if (actions) {
+      // remove whitespaces
+      sampleQuery.sampleUrl = sampleQuery.sampleUrl.replace(/\s+/g, '');
       actions.runQuery(sampleQuery);
       const sanitizedUrl = sanitizeQueryUrl(sampleQuery.sampleUrl);
       telemetry.trackEvent(eventTypes.BUTTON_CLICK_EVENT,