diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
index cc04a631..8f1ea4b1 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 					entry.DTS = Dts;
 					entry.UserID = Userid;
 				}
-				cont.MyZContent.OldStepSequence = ProcNumber + "|" + stpseq;
+				cont.MyZContent.OldStepSequence = ProcNumber + "|" + stpseq.TrimEnd(" ".ToCharArray());
 				Item itm = null;
 				// the stpseq for section records may include a space & some other data.  This
 				// was  not part of what is stored in the transition records, so just look at
diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs
index f6318374..b4722406 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 				// 20000 flags step type item & 1 adjusts for 'base' in format files.
 				int contenttype = (structtype == "R") ? 20040 : 20001 + int.Parse(newstptyp != null ? newstptyp : StepType);
 				content = Content.New(null, stptext.Replace("<BackSlash>", "\\\\"), contenttype, null, ci.ToString(), dts, userid);
-				content.MyZContent.OldStepSequence = ProcNumber + "|" + stpseq;
+				content.MyZContent.OldStepSequence = ProcNumber + "|" + stpseq.TrimEnd(" ".ToCharArray()); ;
 
 				// Before we save it, handle RO & Transitions tokens.
 				int tokrt = Textm.IndexOf('\x15');