diff --git a/gui/app/components/document/document-heading.js b/gui/app/components/document/document-heading.js
index 0d7165c1..18cdd20f 100644
--- a/gui/app/components/document/document-heading.js
+++ b/gui/app/components/document/document-heading.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export default Component.extend({
 	docName: '',
 	docExcerpt: '',
 	hasNameError: empty('docName'),
-	hasExcerptError: empty('docExcerpt'),
 
 	canEdit: computed('permssions', 'document', function() {
 		let constants = this.get('constants');
@@ -55,12 +54,10 @@ export default Component.extend({
 		},
 
 		onSave() {
-			if (this.get('hasNameError') || this.get('hasExcerptError')) {
-				return;
-			}
+			if (this.get('hasNameError')) return;
 
 			this.set('document.name', this.get('docName'));
-			this.set('document.excerpt', this.get('docExcerpt'));
+			this.set('document.excerpt', this.get('docExcerpt').trim());
 			this.set('editMode', false);
 
 			let cb = this.get('onSaveDocument');
diff --git a/gui/app/templates/components/document/document-heading.hbs b/gui/app/templates/components/document/document-heading.hbs
index 0ac07878..e010a6ca 100644
--- a/gui/app/templates/components/document/document-heading.hbs
+++ b/gui/app/templates/components/document/document-heading.hbs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 				{{focus-input id="document-name" type="text" value=docName class=(if hasNameError 'form-control mousetrap is-invalid' 'form-control mousetrap') placeholder="Title" autocomplete="off"}}
 			</div>
 			<div class="form-group">
-				{{textarea id="document-excerpt" rows="2" value=docExcerpt class=(if hasExcerptError 'form-control mousetrap is-invalid' 'form-control mousetrap') placeholder="Excerpt" autocomplete="off"}}
+				{{textarea id="document-excerpt" rows="2" value=docExcerpt class='form-control mousetrap' placeholder="Excerpt" autocomplete="off"}}
 			</div>
 			<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" {{action "onCancel"}}>Cancel</button>
 			<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success" {{action "onSave"}}>Save</button>