diff --git a/charger/ocpp.go b/charger/ocpp.go
index 76d7109d2..0f546b7dc 100644
--- a/charger/ocpp.go
+++ b/charger/ocpp.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (c *OCPP) hasMeasurement(val types.Measurand) bool {
 // hasProperty checks if comma-separated string contains given string ignoring whitespaces
 func (c *OCPP) hasProperty(props string, prop string) bool {
 	return slices.ContainsFunc(strings.Split(props, ","), func(s string) bool {
-		return prop == strings.TrimSpace(s)
+		return strings.HasPrefix(strings.ReplaceAll(s, " ", ""), prop)
 	})
 }