diff --git a/dockerfiles/commul-customization/local.properties b/dockerfiles/commul-customization/local.properties
index b98ebb474109c0d8c2b33ca69bef74f548d2c51d..0f5fdd17832a08056af44ef6484ef8b24e3b5e3e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/commul-customization/local.properties
+++ b/dockerfiles/commul-customization/local.properties
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ db.url = jdbc:postgresql://postgres:${lr.database.port}/${lr.database}
 db.driver = org.postgresql.Driver
 
 # Credentials for the database user. The user should have read/write permissions on your database.
-db.username = ${DSPACE_USER}  
-db.password = ${DSPACE_PASSWORD}  
+db.username = ${DSPACE_USER}
+db.password = ${DSPACE_PASSWORD}
 
 db.maxidle = -1
 db.schema =
diff --git a/password_mod.sh.dist b/password_mod.sh.dist
index ae1989c5f2635988fcd5bf417bf4bfb70ca1a3cb..9a33a992554cadd490558957f1ae37eea182dbe7 100644
--- a/password_mod.sh.dist
+++ b/password_mod.sh.dist
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 perl -pi -e 's/\$\{DSPACE_USER\}/yourdspaceusername/; s/\$\{DSPACE_PASSWORD\}/yourdspacepassword/; s/\$\{DSPACE_DBNAME\}/yourdspacedbname/; s/\$\{DSPACE_UTILSDBNAME\}/yourdspaceutilsdbname/;' dockerfiles/commul-customization/init-dspace-dbs.sh
-perl -pi -e 's/\$\{DSPACE_USER\}/yourdspaceusername/; s/\$\{DSPACE_PASSWORD\}/yourdspacepassword/; s/\$\{MAIL_USER\}/yourmailuser/; s/\$\{MAIL_PASSWORD\}/yourmailpassword/;' dockerfiles/commul-customization/local.properties
+perl -pi -e 's/\$\{DSPACE_USER\}/yourdspaceusername/; s/\$\{DSPACE_PASSWORD\}/yourdspacepassword/; s/\$\{DSPACE_DBNAME\}/yourdspacedbname/; s/\$\{DSPACE_UTILSDBNAME\}/yourdspaceutilsdbname/; s/\$\{MAIL_USER\}/yourmailuser/; s/\$\{MAIL_PASSWORD\}/yourmailpassword/;' dockerfiles/commul-customization/local.properties