diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/util/io/PopenExecutor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/util/io/PopenExecutor.java
index 135f36fc995..796e5ca34ac 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/util/io/PopenExecutor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/util/io/PopenExecutor.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ long spawnProcess(ThreadContext context, Ruby runtime, ExecArg eargp, String[] e
             if (!searchForMetaChars(prog)) {
                 script = script + "exec ";
             }
-            
+
             prog = (RubyString)prog.strDup(runtime).prepend(context, newString(runtime, script));
             eargp.chdir_dir = null;
             eargp.chdirGiven = false;