diff --git a/ApplicationCode/FileInterface/RifCaseRealizationParametersReader.cpp b/ApplicationCode/FileInterface/RifCaseRealizationParametersReader.cpp
index 08b1d9fda8..e34193dc72 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/FileInterface/RifCaseRealizationParametersReader.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/FileInterface/RifCaseRealizationParametersReader.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void RifCaseRealizationParametersReader::parse()
             QString line = dataStream->readLine();
 
             lineNo++;
-            QStringList cols = RifFileParseTools::splitLineAndTrim(line, " ");
+            QStringList cols = RifFileParseTools::splitLineAndTrim(line, QRegExp("[ \t]"), true);
 
             if (cols.size() != 2)
             {