diff --git a/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.ts b/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.ts
index 3e122cde78..23889648f1 100644
--- a/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/thumbnail/thumbnail.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
   selector: 'ds-thumbnail',
   styleUrls: ['./thumbnail.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './thumbnail.component.html',
+  preserveWhitespaces: false,
 })
 export class ThumbnailComponent implements OnChanges {
   /**