diff --git a/routes/api.py b/routes/api.py
index 8ababd7..a71bac8 100644
--- a/routes/api.py
+++ b/routes/api.py
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ def login_route(username: str, password: str) -> Response:
 def vapid_public_key():
     """Provides the VAPID public key."""
     public_key = current_app.config["VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY"]
-    # Clean up the key
-    public_key = public_key.replace("-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----", "").replace("-----END PUBLIC KEY-----", "").strip()
+    # Clean up the key by removing headers, footers, and all whitespace
+    public_key = "".join(public_key.replace("-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----", "").replace("-----END PUBLIC KEY-----", "").split())
     return jsonify({"public_key": public_key})