diff --git a/gen_pc_sidecar.php b/gen_pc_sidecar.php
index 16d07b6..ebfb0eb 100644
--- a/gen_pc_sidecar.php
+++ b/gen_pc_sidecar.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ array_unshift($rows, [
     'extension' => '*271',
 ]);
 
-$blank = ['name' => '', 'extension' => ''];
+$blank = ['name' => ' ', 'extension' => ' '];
 array_splice($rows, 1, 0, array_fill(0, 5, $blank));
 
 $xmlString = file_get_contents($out_file);