diff --git a/lib/OpenQA/WebAPI/Controller/API/V1/Table.pm b/lib/OpenQA/WebAPI/Controller/API/V1/Table.pm
index 6a7e847987a..cac24d3b21d 100644
--- a/lib/OpenQA/WebAPI/Controller/API/V1/Table.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenQA/WebAPI/Controller/API/V1/Table.pm
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ sub _prepare_settings {
     my @keys;
     if ($hp->{settings}) {
         for my $k (keys %{$hp->{settings}}) {
-            $k = trim $k;
             my $value = trim $hp->{settings}->{$k};
+            $k = trim $k;
             $k =~ s/[^\]\[0-9a-zA-Z_\+]//g;
             push @settings, {key => $k, value => $value};
             push @keys, $k;