diff --git a/templates/gspecies_compose_template.yml.j2 b/templates/gspecies_compose_template.yml.j2
index ef300aeda3f80e24df88a5a0f821a3e7fe230926..755d06677812e07e6c7e93094776fd4b6a15f500 100644
--- a/templates/gspecies_compose_template.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/gspecies_compose_template.yml.j2
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ services:
             GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL: "{{ galaxy_default_admin_email }}"
             GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_USER: "{{ galaxy_defaut_admin_user }}"
             GALAXY_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "{{ galaxy_default_admin_password }}"
-            GALAXY_CONFIG_ADMIN_USERS: "admin@galaxy.org, {{ galaxy_default_admin_email }}"   # admin@galaxy.org is the default (leave it), gogepp@bipaa is a shared ldap user we use to connect
+            GALAXY_CONFIG_ADMIN_USERS: "admin@galaxy.org,{{ galaxy_default_admin_email }}"   # admin@galaxy.org is the default (leave it), gogepp@bipaa is a shared ldap user we use to connect
             ENABLE_FIX_PERMS: 0
             PROXY_PREFIX: /sp/{{ genus_species }}/galaxy
             GALAXY_TRIPAL_URL: http://tripal.{{ genus_species }}/tripal/