diff --git a/gitosis/app.py b/gitosis/app.py
index 9135446..a999f18 100644
--- a/gitosis/app.py
+++ b/gitosis/app.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class App(object):
         self.handle_args(parser, cfg, options, args)
 
     def setup_basic_logging(self):
-        logging.basicConfig(filename='gitosis.log', level="DEBUG")
+        logging.basicConfig(filename='gitosis.log', level=10)
 
     def create_parser(self):
         parser = optparse.OptionParser()
diff --git a/gitosis/init.py b/gitosis/init.py
index c176b73..28dbcd2 100644
--- a/gitosis/init.py
+++ b/gitosis/init.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def ssh_extract_user(pubkey):
     if not re.search(r"\s", pubkey):
         _, user = pubkey.rsplit(None, 1)
     else:
-        user = pubkey
+        user = pubkey.strip()
     if ssh.isSafeUsername(user):
         return user
     else: