diff --git a/src/main/java/com/qoomon/banking/swift/message/block/SwiftBlockReader.java b/src/main/java/com/qoomon/banking/swift/message/block/SwiftBlockReader.java
index e6fa8e2..81fd297 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/qoomon/banking/swift/message/block/SwiftBlockReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/qoomon/banking/swift/message/block/SwiftBlockReader.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import static java.lang.Character.isWhitespace;
+
 /**
  * Created by qoomon on 07/07/16.
  */
@@ -53,7 +55,10 @@ public GeneralBlock readBlock() throws BlockParseException {
                 lineCharIndex++;
 
                 if (blockBuilder.length() == 0 && messageCharacter != '{') {
-                    if (messageCharacter == '}') {
+                    if (isWhitespace(messageCharacter)) {
+                        // ignore whitespaces between blocks
+                        continue;
+                    } else if (messageCharacter == '}') {
                         throw new BlockParseException("Found closing bracket without preceding opening bracket", lineNumber);
                     } else {
                         throw new BlockParseException("No characters are allowed outside of blocks, but was: '" + messageCharacter + "'", lineNumber);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/qoomon/banking/swift/message/block/SwiftBlockReaderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/qoomon/banking/swift/message/block/SwiftBlockReaderTest.java
index 0c6ec31..3279533 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/qoomon/banking/swift/message/block/SwiftBlockReaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/qoomon/banking/swift/message/block/SwiftBlockReaderTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public void readBlock_SHOULD_read_valid_blocks() throws Exception {
         assertThat(blockList.get(1).getContent()).isEqualTo("b");
         assertThat(blockList.get(2).getId()).isEqualTo("3");
         assertThat(blockList.get(2).getContent()).isEqualTo("c");
-
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -101,4 +100,26 @@ public void readBlock_SHOULD_handle_LF_line_endings() throws Exception {
         assertThat(blockList.get(3).getContent()).isEqualTo("\n-");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void readBlock_SHOULD_ignore_whitespaces_between_blocks() throws Exception {
+        // Given
+
+        String blockText = "{1:a} \t{2:b} \n\r{3:c}";
+
+        SwiftBlockReader subjectUnderTest = new SwiftBlockReader(new StringReader(blockText));
+
+        // When
+        List<GeneralBlock> blockList = TestUtils.collectUntilNull(subjectUnderTest::readBlock);
+
+        // Then
+
+        assertThat(blockList).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(blockList.get(0).getId()).isEqualTo("1");
+        assertThat(blockList.get(0).getContent()).isEqualTo("a");
+        assertThat(blockList.get(1).getId()).isEqualTo("2");
+        assertThat(blockList.get(1).getContent()).isEqualTo("b");
+        assertThat(blockList.get(2).getId()).isEqualTo("3");
+        assertThat(blockList.get(2).getContent()).isEqualTo("c");
+    }
+
 }
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