diff --git a/api/v1/entries/executions.php b/api/v1/entries/executions.php
index 9d378362aa..08409c4bf0 100644
--- a/api/v1/entries/executions.php
+++ b/api/v1/entries/executions.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class executionsEntry extends entry
      */
     public function get($projectID = 0)
     {
-        $returnFields = explode(',', $this->param('return', ''));
+        $returnFields = $this->param('return', '');
 
         $control = $this->loadController('execution', 'all');
         $control->all($this->param('status', 'all'), $this->param('project', $projectID), $this->param('order', 'id_desc'), 0, 0, $this->param('limit', 20), $this->param('page', 1));
diff --git a/api/v1/entries/projects.php b/api/v1/entries/projects.php
index 470731ef41..2ff535b664 100644
--- a/api/v1/entries/projects.php
+++ b/api/v1/entries/projects.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class projectsEntry extends entry
     public function get($programID = 0)
     {
         if(!$programID) $programID = $this->param('program', 0);
-        $returnFields = explode(',', $this->param('return', ''));
+        $returnFields = $this->param('return', '');
 
         $control = $this->loadController('project', 'browse');
         $control->browse($programID, $this->param('status', 'all'), 0, $this->param('order', 'order_asc'), 0, $this->param('limit', 20), $this->param('page', 1));
diff --git a/framework/api/entry.class.php b/framework/api/entry.class.php
index 41b6284a60..8eec15e274 100644
--- a/framework/api/entry.class.php
+++ b/framework/api/entry.class.php
@@ -532,10 +532,12 @@ class baseEntry
     public function filterFields($object, $allowable = '')
     {
         if(empty($allowable)) return $object;
+        if(is_string($allowable)) $allowable = explode(',', $allowable);
 
         $filtered = new stdclass();
         foreach($allowable as $field)
         {
+            $field = trim($field);
             if(!isset($object->$field)) continue;
             $filtered->$field = $object->$field;
         }