diff --git a/DB.go b/DB.go
index 1b8ce09..702d3fe 100644
--- a/DB.go
+++ b/DB.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package yatwiki
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ func (aae ArticleAlteredError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Warning: Your changes were not based on the most recent version of the page (r%d ≠ r%d). No changes were saved.", aae.got, aae.expected)
 }
 
+func (this *WikiDB) normaliseTitle(title string) string {
+	return strings.ToLower(strings.Trim(title, " \r\n\t"))
+}
+
 func (this *WikiDB) SaveArticle(title, author, body string, expectBaseRev int64) error {
 	isNewArticle := false
 	a, err := this.GetLatestVersion(title)
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ func (this *WikiDB) SaveArticle(title, author, body string, expectBaseRev int64)
 
 	var titleId int64
 	if isNewArticle {
-		titleInsert, err := this.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO titles (title) VALUES (?)`, title)
+		titleInsert, err := this.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO titles (title) VALUES (?)`, this.normaliseTitle(title))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -147,7 +152,10 @@ func (this *WikiDB) SaveArticle(title, author, body string, expectBaseRev int64)
 }
 
 func (this *WikiDB) GetRevisionHistory(title string) ([]Article, error) {
-	rows, err := this.db.Query(`SELECT articles.id, articles.modified, articles.author FROM articles WHERE article = (SELECT id FROM titles WHERE title = ?) ORDER BY modified DESC`, title)
+	rows, err := this.db.Query(
+		`SELECT articles.id, articles.modified, articles.author FROM articles WHERE article = (SELECT id FROM titles WHERE title = ?) ORDER BY modified DESC`,
+		this.normaliseTitle(title),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}