diff --git a/space/spaceparser.cpp b/space/spaceparser.cpp
index 37d098e..c5798a0 100755
--- a/space/spaceparser.cpp
+++ b/space/spaceparser.cpp
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ void SpaceParser::SetDefault()
 	list_start      = '(';
 	list_end        = ')';
 	list_delimiter  = ',';
-	split_single    = false;
+	split_single    = true;
 	skip_empty      = false;
 	use_escape_char = true;
-	input_as_utf8   = false;
+	input_as_utf8   = true;
 }
 
 
@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ void SpaceParser::SpaceEnds()
 		space = space->parent;
 		ReadChar(); // skipping closing space character ')'
 		SkipWhite();
-
-		if( lastc != -1 && lastc != '\n' )
-			status = syntax_error;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -413,6 +410,7 @@ void SpaceParser::ReadTokenSingle(bool white_delimit, bool new_line_delimit, int
 			SkipLine();
 
 		if( lastc == -1								||
+			lastc == list_end						||
 			(delimit1 != -1   && lastc == delimit1)	||
 			(delimit2 != -1   && lastc == delimit2)	||
 			(white_delimit    && IsWhite(lastc))	||
@@ -473,10 +471,6 @@ void SpaceParser::ReadValueList()
 	{
 		ReadChar(); // skipping the last list character ')'
 		SkipWhite();
-
-		// there cannot be anything after ')' character
-		if( lastc != -1 && lastc != '\n' )
-			status = syntax_error;
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -491,9 +485,6 @@ void SpaceParser::ReadValueSingle()
 	ReadToken(false, true, -1, -1);
 	value.push_back(token);
 	SkipWhite();
-
-	if( lastc != -1 && lastc != '\n' )
-		status = syntax_error;
 }