diff --git a/application/utils/external_project_parsers/pci_dss.py b/application/utils/external_project_parsers/pci_dss.py
index 9d602cc67..5fc4ff1da 100644
--- a/application/utils/external_project_parsers/pci_dss.py
+++ b/application/utils/external_project_parsers/pci_dss.py
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ def __parse(
                 "([CUSTOMIZED APPROACH OBJECTIVE]:.*)",
                 "",
                 str(row.get(standard_to_spreadsheet_mappings["section"], "")),
-            ),
-            sectionID=str(row.get(standard_to_spreadsheet_mappings["sectionID"], "")),
+            ).strip(),
+            sectionID=str(row.get(standard_to_spreadsheet_mappings["sectionID"], "")).strip(),
             description=str(
                 row.get(standard_to_spreadsheet_mappings["description"], "")
-            ),
+            ).strip()   ,
             version=version,
         )
         existing = cache.get_nodes(
diff --git a/application/utils/oscal_utils.py b/application/utils/oscal_utils.py
index 713ded463..81606f837 100644
--- a/application/utils/oscal_utils.py
+++ b/application/utils/oscal_utils.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def document_to_oscal(
             oscal_version="1.0.0",
             version=version,
             links=[common.Link(href=hyperlink)],
-            remarks=document.description,
+            remarks=document.description.strip(),
         )
     else:
         m = common.Metadata(
@@ -96,17 +96,22 @@ def list_to_oscal(documents: List[defs.Standard | defs.Tool]) -> str:
 
     if documents[0].doctype == defs.Credoctypes.Standard:
         for doc in documents:
+            props = []
+            
+            if doc.section:
+                props.append(common.Property(name="section", value="".join(doc.section.splitlines()).strip()))
+            if doc.sectionID:
+                props.append(common.Property(name="sectionID",value="".join(doc.section.splitlines()).strip()))            
             controls.append(
                 catalog.Control(
                     id=f"_{random.getrandbits(1024)}",
                     title=doc.name,
-                    props=[common.Property(name="section", value=doc.section)],
+                    props=props,
                     links=[common.Link(href=doc.hyperlink)],
                 )
             )
     elif documents[0].doctype == defs.Credoctypes.Tool:
         for doc in documents:
-            from pprint import pprint
 
             controls.append(
                 catalog.Control(