diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87044f0d8..d2cb294d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ The detailed rules and walkthrough of writing a changelog is located [here](http
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed the display of full image path instead of intentional image name in Ubuntu and Mac OS [#446](https://github.com/CertifaiAI/classifai/issues/446)
+- Bug fix for removing "\r" and spaces " " in imported labels [#437](https://github.com/CertifaiAI/classifai/issues/437)
 
 ## [2.0.0-alpha1] - 2021-02-26
 ### Added
diff --git a/classifai-core/src/main/java/ai/classifai/action/LabelListImport.java b/classifai-core/src/main/java/ai/classifai/action/LabelListImport.java
index 730feabb1..cddbc226c 100644
--- a/classifai-core/src/main/java/ai/classifai/action/LabelListImport.java
+++ b/classifai-core/src/main/java/ai/classifai/action/LabelListImport.java
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ private String[] getValidLabelList(String[] inputLabelList)
 
         for(String label : inputLabelList)
         {
-            String buffer = label.replace(" ", "");
+            String buffer = label.replaceAll("\\s", "");
 
             if(buffer.length() > 0)
             {
-                validLabelList.add(label);
+                validLabelList.add(buffer);
             }
         }