diff --git a/elisp/ghc-command.el b/elisp/ghc-command.el
index 7970a12..df9a69f 100644
--- a/elisp/ghc-command.el
+++ b/elisp/ghc-command.el
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       (let ((inhibit-field-text-motion t))
         (sort-subr nil 'forward-line 'end-of-line
 		   (lambda ()
-		     (re-search-forward "^import\\( *qualified\\)? *" nil t)
+		     (re-search-forward "^import +\\(qualified\\)? *" nil t)
 		     nil)
 		   'end-of-line))
       (ghc-merge-lines))))
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     (while (not (eolp))
       ;; qualified modlues are not merged at this moment.
       ;; fixme if it is improper.
-      (if (looking-at "^import *\\([A-Z][^ \n]+\\) *(\\(.*\\))$")
+      (if (looking-at "^import +\\([A-Z][^ \n]+\\) *(\\(.*\\))$")
 	  (let ((mod (match-string-no-properties 1))
 		(syms (match-string-no-properties 2))
 		(beg (point)))
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	(forward-line)))))
 
 (defun ghc-merge-line (beg mod syms)
-  (let ((regex (concat "^import *" (regexp-quote mod) " *(\\(.*\\))$"))
+  (let ((regex (concat "^import +" (regexp-quote mod) " *(\\(.*\\))$"))
 	duplicated)
     (while (looking-at regex)
       (setq duplicated t)
diff --git a/elisp/ghc-comp.el b/elisp/ghc-comp.el
index 2209ca2..20be9a1 100644
--- a/elisp/ghc-comp.el
+++ b/elisp/ghc-comp.el
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ unloaded modules are loaded")
   (let (ret)
     (save-excursion
       (goto-char (point-min))
-      (while (re-search-forward "^import\\( *qualified\\)? +\\([^\n ]+\\)" nil t)
+      (while (re-search-forward "^import +\\(qualified\\)? *\\([^\n ]+\\)" nil t)
 	(ghc-add ret (match-string-no-properties 2))
 	(forward-line)))
     ret))
diff --git a/elisp/ghc-ins-mod.el b/elisp/ghc-ins-mod.el
index 14db867..d567ec2 100644
--- a/elisp/ghc-ins-mod.el
+++ b/elisp/ghc-ins-mod.el
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 (defun ghc-goto-module-position ()
   (goto-char (point-max))
-  (if (re-search-backward "^import" nil t)
+  (if (re-search-backward "^import +" nil t)
       (ghc-goto-empty-line)
     (if (not (re-search-backward "^module" nil t))
 	(goto-char (point-min))