diff --git a/startup/configChannels.input b/startup/configChannels.input
index 34998a69624a381ed3af4e0a24e04dba51643b44..456adf4357cd998890750087a03f128814e6620f 100644
--- a/startup/configChannels.input
+++ b/startup/configChannels.input
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Refer,Reference
 PreAmpFwd,PreAmp Fwd
 PwrAmpFwd,PowerAmp Fwd
 PwrAmpRefl,PowerAmp Refl
-CvtFwd, Cavity Forward
-CvtRfl, Cavity Refl
-VM, Vector Modulator
-VMOut, Vector Modulator Out
+CvtFwd,Cavity Forward
+CvtRfl,Cavity Refl
+VM,Vector Modulator
+VMOut,Vector Modulator Out
diff --git a/startup/configChannels.sh b/startup/configChannels.sh
index 37eabccde0ad87ef3aecc2118fabb25c8740b10b..d47d6b00aa90af555881c78893932c0711610ef1 100644
--- a/startup/configChannels.sh
+++ b/startup/configChannels.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ i=0
 cat $confFile | while read line
 do
     pv_name=$(echo $line | cut -f 1 -d ,)
-    desc=$(echo $line | cut -f 2 -d ,)
+    desc=$(echo $line | cut -f 2 -d , | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//')
+    if [ ${#desc} -gt 41 ]; then
+        echo "Warning: Description truncated to char[41] - ${desc:0:40}"
+        desc=${desc:0:40}
+    fi
 
     # set aliases
     echo "$template0$i, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name\")" >> $fPath