diff --git a/modules/img2img.py b/modules/img2img.py
index d41f34d02..68e415ef5 100644
--- a/modules/img2img.py
+++ b/modules/img2img.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import modules.scripts
 
 
 def process_batch(p, input_dir, output_dir, inpaint_mask_dir, args, to_scale=False, scale_by=1.0, use_png_info=False, png_info_props=None, png_info_dir=None):
+    output_dir = output_dir.strip()
     processing.fix_seed(p)
 
     images = list(shared.walk_files(input_dir, allowed_extensions=(".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".webp", ".tif", ".tiff")))