diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ceea04..b7f6492 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Other changes
 
 | Version        | Date           | Comment  |
 | -------------- | -------------- | -------- |
+| 3.49.1         | 2018-11-19     | `cpu().brand` removed extra spaces, tabs |
 | 3.49.0         | 2018-11-19     | added system `uuid()` (os specific), `versions()` added postgresql |
 | 3.48.4         | 2018-11-18     | windows: garbled output because of codepage |
 | 3.48.3         | 2018-11-18     | `dockerContainerStats()` fixed issue `cpu_percent` win |
diff --git a/lib/cpu.js b/lib/cpu.js
index 7506533..6177fef 100644
--- a/lib/cpu.js
+++ b/lib/cpu.js
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ const AMDBaseFrequencies = {
 };
 
 function cpuBrandManufacturer(res) {
-  res.brand = res.brand.replace(/\(R\)+/g, '®');
-  res.brand = res.brand.replace(/\(TM\)+/g, '™');
-  res.brand = res.brand.replace(/\(C\)+/g, '©');
-  res.brand = res.brand.replace(/CPU+/g, '').trim();
+  res.brand = res.brand.replace(/\(R\)+/g, '®').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+  res.brand = res.brand.replace(/\(TM\)+/g, '™').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+  res.brand = res.brand.replace(/\(C\)+/g, '©').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+  res.brand = res.brand.replace(/CPU+/g, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
   res.manufacturer = res.brand.split(' ')[0];
 
   let parts = res.brand.split(' ');