diff --git a/SalesforceApiClient.cs b/SalesforceApiClient.cs
index 1a3f4e6..4870bf5 100644
--- a/SalesforceApiClient.cs
+++ b/SalesforceApiClient.cs
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ namespace Salesforce.NET
 
         private static string FormatQuery(string query)
         {
-            query = Regex.Replace(query, "[\r\n\t]", string.Empty);
+            query = Regex.Replace(query.Trim(), "[\r\n\t]", string.Empty);
             query = Regex.Replace(query, "[ ]{2,}", " ");
             query = WebUtility.UrlEncode(query);