diff --git a/hosting/forms.py b/hosting/forms.py
index f572b693..dae911e4 100644
--- a/hosting/forms.py
+++ b/hosting/forms.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class UserHostingKeyForm(forms.ModelForm):
         if 'generate' in self.request.POST:
             return self.data.get('public_key')
         KEY_ERROR_MESSAGE = _("Please input a proper SSH key")
-        openssh_pubkey_str = self.data.get('public_key').trim()
+        openssh_pubkey_str = self.data.get('public_key').strip()
 
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=True) as tmp_public_key_file:
             tmp_public_key_file.write(openssh_pubkey_str.encode('utf-8'))