diff --git a/src/OscarAFDev/MigrationsGenerator/MigrateGenerateCommand.php b/src/OscarAFDev/MigrationsGenerator/MigrateGenerateCommand.php
index 96dc664..bffc48f 100644
--- a/src/OscarAFDev/MigrationsGenerator/MigrateGenerateCommand.php
+++ b/src/OscarAFDev/MigrationsGenerator/MigrateGenerateCommand.php
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ protected function getExcludedTables()
 		$excludes = ['migrations'];
 		$ignore = $this->option('ignore');
 		if ( ! empty($ignore)) {
-			return array_merge($excludes, explode(',', $ignore));
+			return array_merge($excludes, preg_split('/[,\s]+/', ignore));
 		}
 
 		return $excludes;