diff --git a/barker/barker/routers/regime.py b/barker/barker/routers/regime.py
index 3a54fce..e0ed6bb 100644
--- a/barker/barker/routers/regime.py
+++ b/barker/barker/routers/regime.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def save(
     try:
         with SessionFuture() as db:
             regime_id = db.execute(select(func.coalesce(func.max(Regime.id), 0) + 1)).scalar_one()
-            item = Regime(id=regime_id, name=data.name, header=data.header, prefix=data.prefix)
+            item = Regime(id=regime_id, name=data.name.strip(), header=data.header, prefix=data.prefix.strip())
             db.add(item)
             db.commit()
             return regime_info(item)
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ def update_route(
                     status_code=status.HTTP_423_LOCKED,
                     detail=f"{item.name} is a fixture and cannot be edited or deleted.",
                 )
-            item.name = data.name
+            item.name = data.name.strip()
             item.header = data.header
-            item.prefix = data.prefix
+            item.prefix = data.prefix.strip()
             db.commit()
             return regime_info(item)
     except SQLAlchemyError as e:
diff --git a/barker/barker/schemas/regime.py b/barker/barker/schemas/regime.py
index 851b8d1..1670a39 100644
--- a/barker/barker/schemas/regime.py
+++ b/barker/barker/schemas/regime.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ class RegimeIn(BaseModel):
     is_fixture: bool
 
     class Config:
-        anystr_strip_whitespace = True
         alias_generator = to_camel
 
 
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ class Regime(RegimeIn):
     id_: int
 
     class Config:
-        anystr_strip_whitespace = True
         alias_generator = to_camel
 
 
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ class RegimeBlank(RegimeIn):
     prefix: str
 
     class Config:
-        anystr_strip_whitespace = True
         alias_generator = to_camel
 
 
diff --git a/bookie/src/app/regimes/regime-detail/regime-detail.component.html b/bookie/src/app/regimes/regime-detail/regime-detail.component.html
index 3a35d30..c2c26b5 100644
--- a/bookie/src/app/regimes/regime-detail/regime-detail.component.html
+++ b/bookie/src/app/regimes/regime-detail/regime-detail.component.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <div class="flex flex-row justify-around content-start items-start">
         <mat-form-field class="flex-auto">
           <mat-label>Header</mat-label>
-          <input matInput formControlName="header" />
+          <textarea matInput formControlName="header"></textarea>
         </mat-form-field>
       </div>
       <div class="flex flex-row justify-around content-start items-start">