diff --git a/app/main/views/sign_in.py b/app/main/views/sign_in.py
index 8721c7451..fc8e9b049 100644
--- a/app/main/views/sign_in.py
+++ b/app/main/views/sign_in.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ def sign_in():
         return redirect(url_for('main.choose_service'))
 
     form = LoginForm()
+    if form.email_address.data:
+        form.email_address.data = form.email_address.data.strip()
+
     if form.validate_on_submit():
 
         user = user_api_client.get_user_by_email_or_none(form.email_address.data)
diff --git a/app/templates/views/signedout.html b/app/templates/views/signedout.html
index 0ec9f1878..05bde1b5e 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/signedout.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/signedout.html
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@
       <div class="grid-row bottom-gutter">
         <div class="column-half">
           <h3 class="visually-hidden">Services</h3>
-          <div class="product-page-big-number">117</div>
+          <div class="product-page-big-number">119</div>
           services
         </div>
         <div class="column-half">
           <h3 class="visually-hidden">Organisations</h3>
-          <div class="product-page-big-number">50</div>
+          <div class="product-page-big-number">51</div>
           organisations
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 455683a0d..5f7fcadd0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ boto3==1.4.8
 blinker==1.4
 pyexcel==0.5.6
 pyexcel-io==0.5.4
-pyexcel-xls==0.5.4
+pyexcel-xls==0.5.5
 pyexcel-xlsx==0.5.4
 pyexcel-ods3==0.5.2
 pytz==2017.3
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_sign_in.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_sign_in.py
index 97b1956ac..dc9d4da29 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_sign_in.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_sign_in.py
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ def test_logged_in_user_redirects_to_choose_service(
     assert response.location == url_for('main.choose_service', _external=True)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('email_address', [
+    'valid@example.gov.uk',
+    ' valid@example.gov.uk  ',
+])
 def test_process_sms_auth_sign_in_return_2fa_template(
     client,
     api_user_active,
@@ -84,14 +88,16 @@ def test_process_sms_auth_sign_in_return_2fa_template(
     mock_get_user,
     mock_get_user_by_email,
     mock_verify_password,
+    email_address,
 ):
     response = client.post(
         url_for('main.sign_in'), data={
-            'email_address': 'valid@example.gov.uk',
+            'email_address': email_address,
             'password': 'val1dPassw0rd!'})
     assert response.status_code == 302
     assert response.location == url_for('.two_factor', _external=True)
     mock_verify_password.assert_called_with(api_user_active.id, 'val1dPassw0rd!')
+    mock_get_user_by_email.assert_called_with('valid@example.gov.uk')
 
 
 def test_process_email_auth_sign_in_return_2fa_template(