diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff055f1..eb00966 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 Bug Fixes:
 
 * fixes incorrect output format of conditional effects with SAS
+* fixes parsing issue with unexpected whitespaces in SAS files
 
 ## 3.0.2 (2016-08-18)
 
diff --git a/include/plasp/pddl/Parser.h b/include/plasp/pddl/Parser.h
index c00cb50..acb0c87 100644
--- a/include/plasp/pddl/Parser.h
+++ b/include/plasp/pddl/Parser.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ class PDDLParserPolicy
 			return std::iswspace(c);
 		}
 
+		static bool isBlankCharacter(char c)
+		{
+			return std::isblank(c);
+		}
+
 		static bool isIdentifierCharacter(char c)
 		{
 			return c != '?'
diff --git a/include/plasp/utils/Parser.h b/include/plasp/utils/Parser.h
index 4e5b0b7..266a0ed 100644
--- a/include/plasp/utils/Parser.h
+++ b/include/plasp/utils/Parser.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Parser: public Stream, public ParserPolicy
 		std::string parseLine();
 
 		void skipWhiteSpace();
+		void skipBlankSpace();
 		void skipLine();
 
 	private:
@@ -124,6 +125,17 @@ void Parser<ParserPolicy>::skipWhiteSpace()
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+template<class ParserPolicy>
+void Parser<ParserPolicy>::skipBlankSpace()
+{
+	check();
+
+	while (!atEnd() && ParserPolicy::isBlankCharacter(currentCharacter()))
+		advance();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 template<class ParserPolicy>
 void Parser<ParserPolicy>::skipLine()
 {
diff --git a/include/plasp/utils/ParserPolicy.h b/include/plasp/utils/ParserPolicy.h
index 33c8baf..220516d 100644
--- a/include/plasp/utils/ParserPolicy.h
+++ b/include/plasp/utils/ParserPolicy.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ class CaseSensitiveParserPolicy
 			return std::iswspace(c);
 		}
 
+		static bool isBlankCharacter(char c)
+		{
+			return std::isblank(c);
+		}
+
 		static bool isIdentifierCharacter(char c)
 		{
 			return std::isgraph(c);
@@ -48,6 +53,11 @@ class CaseInsensitiveParserPolicy
 			return std::iswspace(c);
 		}
 
+		static bool isBlankCharacter(char c)
+		{
+			return std::isblank(c);
+		}
+
 		static bool isIdentifierCharacter(char c)
 		{
 			return std::isgraph(c);
diff --git a/src/plasp/sas/Predicate.cpp b/src/plasp/sas/Predicate.cpp
index 8860ff5..d5dd91a 100644
--- a/src/plasp/sas/Predicate.cpp
+++ b/src/plasp/sas/Predicate.cpp
@@ -30,14 +30,10 @@ Predicate Predicate::fromSAS(utils::Parser<> &parser)
 
 		while (true)
 		{
-			// Parse arguments until reaching newline
-			// TODO: reimplement
-			/*parser.skipWhiteSpace(
-				[&](const auto character)
-				{
-					return character != '\n' && std::isspace(character);
-				});*/
+			// Skip whitespace but not newlines
+			parser.skipBlankSpace();
 
+			// TODO: check \r handling
 			if (parser.currentCharacter() == '\n')
 				break;
 
diff --git a/tests/TestSASParser.cpp b/tests/TestSASParser.cpp
index 4971b96..b91688c 100644
--- a/tests/TestSASParser.cpp
+++ b/tests/TestSASParser.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ TEST_F(SASParserTests, ParseValidSASFile)
 	{
 		FAIL() << e.what();
 	}
+
+	// TODO: add whitespace test
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////