diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 7e169b7..bc64916 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -4559,7 +4559,8 @@ get_optical_drive_data()
 					IGNORECASE=1
 				}
 				{
-					gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $0)
+					gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, " ", $0)
+					gsub(/[[:space:]]+/, " ", $0 )
 					print $0
 				}' <<< $vendor
 				)