diff --git a/profiles/profilescmdline/manager_cmdline.go b/profiles/profilescmdline/manager_cmdline.go
index 1fa9aa7..c329dee 100644
--- a/profiles/profilescmdline/manager_cmdline.go
+++ b/profiles/profilescmdline/manager_cmdline.go
@@ -297,8 +297,10 @@
 			fmt.Fprintf(jirix.Stderr(), "failed to run %s %s: %v", sc, strings.Join(args, " "), err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		mgrs := strings.TrimSpace(out.String())
-		names = append(names, strings.Split(mgrs, ",")...)
+		mgrs := out.String()
+		for _, m := range strings.Split(mgrs, ",") {
+			names = append(names, strings.TrimSpace(m))
+		}
 	}
 	return names, nil
 }
diff --git a/profiles/profilescmdline/profile_manager.go b/profiles/profilescmdline/profile_manager.go
index e2e54dd..f2f7190 100644
--- a/profiles/profilescmdline/profile_manager.go
+++ b/profiles/profilescmdline/profile_manager.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"v.io/jiri/jiri"
 	"v.io/jiri/profiles"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 
 func newProfileManager(name string, db *profiles.DB) profileManager {
 	installer, profile := profiles.SplitProfileName(name)
+	installer = strings.TrimSpace(installer)
 	if len(installer) == 0 || installer == profileInstaller {
 		return &inproc{installer, profile, name, db}
 	}