diff --git a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
index d94e363..904de48 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ call s:InitVariable("g:NERDMenuMode", 3)
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDLPlace", "[>")
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDUsePlaceHolders", 1)
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDRemoveAltComs", 1)
-call s:InitVariable("g:NERDRemoveExtraSpaces", 0)
+call s:InitVariable("g:NERDRemoveExtraSpaces", 1)
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDRPlace", "<]")
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDShutUp", '0')
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDSpaceDelims", 0)