diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8139fca..c3a1fd7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+8.0.2
+-----
+
+- Strip leading and trailing whitespaces from Gmail scopes (Closes #310)
+
 8.0.1
 -----
 
diff --git a/parsedmarc/__init__.py b/parsedmarc/__init__.py
index 8c5c460..f87e661 100644
--- a/parsedmarc/__init__.py
+++ b/parsedmarc/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from parsedmarc.utils import is_outlook_msg, convert_outlook_msg
 from parsedmarc.utils import parse_email
 from parsedmarc.utils import timestamp_to_human, human_timestamp_to_datetime
 
-__version__ = "8.0.1"
+__version__ = "8.0.2"
 
 formatter = logging.Formatter(
     fmt='%(levelname)8s:%(filename)s:%(lineno)d:%(message)s',
diff --git a/parsedmarc/cli.py b/parsedmarc/cli.py
index e025f5f..c595ea9 100644
--- a/parsedmarc/cli.py
+++ b/parsedmarc/cli.py
@@ -639,7 +639,9 @@ def _main():
                 gmail_api_config.getboolean("include_spam_trash", False)
             opts.gmail_api_scopes = \
                 gmail_api_config.get("scopes",
-                                     default_gmail_api_scope).split(',')
+                                     default_gmail_api_scope)
+            opts.gmail_api_scopes = \
+                _str_to_list(opts.gmail_api_scopes)
 
     logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)