diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/createOrUpdateOwnerForm.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/createOrUpdateOwnerForm.jsp
index d0aa9d5a2..d7e9e1ab9 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/createOrUpdateOwnerForm.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/createOrUpdateOwnerForm.jsp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%@ page session="false" %>
+<%@ page session="false" trimDirectiveWhitespaces="true" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/findOwners.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/findOwners.jsp
index 13b9a3dfa..f9a3e54a2 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/findOwners.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/findOwners.jsp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%@ page session="false" %>
+<%@ page session="false" trimDirectiveWhitespaces="true" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownerDetails.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownerDetails.jsp
index 3cfbddede..7ca50f673 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownerDetails.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownerDetails.jsp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%@ page session="false" %>
+<%@ page session="false" trimDirectiveWhitespaces="true" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownersList.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownersList.jsp
index c33f3d265..2f862488f 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownersList.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownersList.jsp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%@ page session="false" %>
+<%@ page session="false" trimDirectiveWhitespaces="true" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/pets/createOrUpdatePetForm.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/pets/createOrUpdatePetForm.jsp
index 21b651f71..8a0b34a30 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/pets/createOrUpdatePetForm.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/pets/createOrUpdatePetForm.jsp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%@ page session="false" %>
+<%@ page session="false" trimDirectiveWhitespaces="true" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %>