diff --git a/scstadmin/init.d/scst b/scstadmin/init.d/scst
index 724029c77..801593540 100755
--- a/scstadmin/init.d/scst
+++ b/scstadmin/init.d/scst
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ parse_scst_conf() {
     if [ ! -e $SCST_CFG ]; then
         return 1
     fi
+    local blanks="[ 	]\{1,\}"
     SCST_MODULES="scst `
-        sed -n -e 's/^HANDLER \(.*\) {$/\1/p' -e 's/^\[HANDLER \(.*\)\]$/\1/p' \
+        sed -n -e 's/^HANDLER'"$blanks"'\(.*\)'"$blanks"'{$/\1/p' -e 's/^\[HANDLER'"$blanks"'\(.*\)\]$/\1/p' \
           $SCST_CFG \
         | while read h; do
             case "$h" in
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ parse_scst_conf() {
                 *)              echo "$h";;
             esac
         done | sort -u;
-        sed -n 's/^TARGET_DRIVER \(.*\) {$/\1/p' $SCST_CFG | while read d; do
+        sed -n 's/^TARGET_DRIVER'"$blanks"'\(.*\)'"$blanks"'{$/\1/p' $SCST_CFG | while read d; do
             case "$d" in
                 iscsi)    echo iscsi_scst;;
                 qla2x00t) echo qla2x00tgt;;