diff --git a/dyaml/constructor.d b/dyaml/constructor.d
index e14e192..69c3d69 100644
--- a/dyaml/constructor.d
+++ b/dyaml/constructor.d
@@ -328,6 +328,11 @@ final class Constructor
             enforce((tag in *delegates!T) !is null,
                     new Error("No constructor function from " ~ type ~
                               " for tag " ~ tag.get(), start, end));
+
+			static if(is(T : string)) {
+				value = strip(value);
+			}
+
             Node node = Node(value);
             try
             {
diff --git a/test/src/common.d b/test/src/common.d
index 7248656..6ba4c4f 100644
--- a/test/src/common.d
+++ b/test/src/common.d
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void run(F ...)(string testName, void function(bool, F) testFunction,
 {
     immutable string dataDir = "test/data";
     auto testFilenames = findTestFilenames(dataDir);
-    bool verbose = true;
+    bool verbose = false;
 
     Result[] results;
     if(unittestExt.length > 0)