diff --git a/eo/src/serial/Parser.cpp b/eo/src/serial/Parser.cpp
index f46c829e1..57b52a0dd 100644
--- a/eo/src/serial/Parser.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/serial/Parser.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ Entity* Parser::parseRight(const std::string & str, size_t & pos)
 {
     Entity* value = 0;
 
+    ignoreChars( str, pos );
     if ( str[ pos ] == '{' )
     {
         // next one is an object