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+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # ggplate 0.1.1
 
 * Fix R version requirement. Is now `4.1.0` and not `4.0.0` anymore. This fixes issue #15.
+* Fix issue introduced in version 0.1.0. While attempting to remove trailing zeros, we inadvertently introduced some undesired side effects associated with the format() function. This resulted in incorrectly formatted text labels due to leading and trailing whitespaces.
 * Update documentation to inform about `conda` package version. 
 * Update documentation to inform about potentially undesired behavior of new graphics device being opened by function when used in command line. This can be suppressed by setting `scale` argument.
 
diff --git a/R/plate_plot.R b/R/plate_plot.R
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--- a/R/plate_plot.R
+++ b/R/plate_plot.R
@@ -480,10 +480,12 @@ plate_plot <- function(data,
     {
       if (!missing(label)) ggplot2::geom_text(ggplot2::aes(x = col, 
                                                            y = .data$row_num, 
-                                                           label = paste0(format(
+                                                           label = format(
                                                              {{ label }}, 
-                                                             drop0Trailing = F)
-                                                             )), 
+                                                             drop0Trailing = FALSE, # does not drop trailing 0
+                                                             justify = "none", # does not add white spaces for justification
+                                                             trim = TRUE) # removes leading white spaces
+                                                             ), 
                                               colour = data_prep$label_colours, 
                                               size = label_size_scaled)
     } +
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Submission 
 
-* Fixed two bugs in the `plate_plot()` function.
+* Fixed a bug in the `plate_plot()` function (see NEWS).
+* Also updated the R version requirement, which was incorrectly set to `4.0.0`, while at least `4.1.0` is needed.
 
 ## Test environments
 * macOS-latest (on GitHub actions), R 4.3.2
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