diff --git a/application/libraries/Datatables.php b/application/libraries/Datatables.php
index 161cdbc..30ceb1c 100644
--- a/application/libraries/Datatables.php
+++ b/application/libraries/Datatables.php
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public function select($columns, $backtick_protect = TRUE)
     {
       foreach($this->explode(',', $columns) as $val)
       {
+	$val = trim(preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $val)); // Remove New Lines
         $column = trim(preg_replace('/(.*)\s+as\s+(\w*)/i', '$2', $val));
         $column = preg_replace('/.*\.(.*)/i', '$1', $column); // get name after `.`
         $this->columns[] =  $column;