diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/ParseUtilFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/ParseUtilFixture.cs
index 88ad41303..5766c0b40 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/ParseUtilFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/ParseUtilFixture.cs
@@ -20,5 +20,19 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.ParserTests
         {
             ParseUtil.GetBytes(stringSize).Should().Be(size);
         }
+
+        [TestCase(" some  string ", "some string")]
+        public void should_normalize_multiple_spaces(string original, string newString)
+        {
+            ParseUtil.NormalizeMultiSpaces(original).Should().Be(newString);
+        }
+
+        [TestCase("1", 1)]
+        [TestCase("11", 11)]
+        [TestCase("1000 grabs", 1000)]
+        public void should_parse_int_from_string(string original, int parsedInt)
+        {
+            ParseUtil.CoerceInt(original).Should().Be(parsedInt);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannBase.cs
index 8a4d0268b..9ea8a57d9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannBase.cs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                 value = selection.TextContent;
             }
 
-            return ApplyFilters(ParseUtil.NormalizeSpace(value), selector.Filters, variables);
+            return ApplyFilters(value.Trim(), selector.Filters, variables);
         }
 
         protected string HandleJsonSelector(SelectorBlock selector, JToken parentObj, Dictionary<string, object> variables = null, bool required = true)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                 }
             }
 
-            return ApplyFilters(ParseUtil.NormalizeSpace(value), selector.Filters, variables);
+            return ApplyFilters(value.Trim(), selector.Filters, variables);
         }
 
         protected Dictionary<string, object> GetBaseTemplateVariables()
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/DateTimeUtil.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/DateTimeUtil.cs
index 4d94c412a..a9fb063b9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/DateTimeUtil.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/DateTimeUtil.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
         {
             try
             {
-                str = ParseUtil.NormalizeSpace(str);
+                str = str.Trim();
                 if (str.ToLower().Contains("now"))
                 {
                     return DateTime.UtcNow;
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
         // converts a date/time string to a DateTime object using a GoLang layout
         public static DateTime ParseDateTimeGoLang(string date, string layout)
         {
-            date = ParseUtil.NormalizeSpace(date);
+            date = date.Trim();
             var pattern = layout;
 
             // year
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParseUtil.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParseUtil.cs
index 7868ba102..e1f7fe8c6 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParseUtil.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/ParseUtil.cs
@@ -13,18 +13,16 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
                 RegexOptions.Compiled);
         private static readonly Regex ImdbId = new Regex(@"^(?:tt)?(\d{1,8})$", RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
-        public static string NormalizeSpace(string s) => s.Trim();
-
         public static string NormalizeMultiSpaces(string s) =>
-            new Regex(@"\s+").Replace(NormalizeSpace(s), " ");
+            new Regex(@"\s+").Replace(s.Trim(), " ");
 
-        public static string NormalizeNumber(string s)
+        private static string NormalizeNumber(string s)
         {
             var valStr = new string(s.Where(c => char.IsDigit(c) || c == '.' || c == ',').ToArray());
 
             valStr = (valStr.Length == 0) ? "0" : valStr.Replace(",", ".");
 
-            valStr = NormalizeSpace(valStr).Replace("-", "0");
+            valStr = valStr.Trim().Replace("-", "0");
 
             if (valStr.Count(c => c == '.') > 1)
             {
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
             return GetBytes(unit, val);
         }
 
-        public static long GetBytes(string unit, float value)
+        private static long GetBytes(string unit, float value)
         {
             unit = unit.Replace("i", "").ToLowerInvariant();
             if (unit.Contains("kb"))
@@ -146,12 +144,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
             return (long)value;
         }
 
-        public static long BytesFromTB(float tb) => BytesFromGB(tb * 1024f);
+        private static long BytesFromTB(float tb) => BytesFromGB(tb * 1024f);
 
-        public static long BytesFromGB(float gb) => BytesFromMB(gb * 1024f);
+        private static long BytesFromGB(float gb) => BytesFromMB(gb * 1024f);
 
-        public static long BytesFromMB(float mb) => BytesFromKB(mb * 1024f);
+        private static long BytesFromMB(float mb) => BytesFromKB(mb * 1024f);
 
-        public static long BytesFromKB(float kb) => (long)(kb * 1024f);
+        private static long BytesFromKB(float kb) => (long)(kb * 1024f);
     }
 }