diff --git a/build_for_test.sh b/build_for_test.sh
index 8401c24f6..abdf1c4d7 100755
--- a/build_for_test.sh
+++ b/build_for_test.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-ROOT_DIR=/Users/laurent/src/joplin
+ROOT_DIR=/mnt/c/Users/laurent/src/joplin
 CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 set -e
 npm run build
diff --git a/src/tables.js b/src/tables.js
index d48842817..86aa7e9e5 100644
--- a/src/tables.js
+++ b/src/tables.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ rules.table = {
     content = content.replace(/\n+/g, '\n')
 
     // If table has no heading, add an empty one so as to get a valid Markdown table
-    var secondLine = content.split('\n');
+    var secondLine = content.trim().split('\n');
     if (secondLine.length >= 2) secondLine = secondLine[1]
     var secondLineIsDivider = secondLine.indexOf('| ---') === 0