diff --git a/dataflows/VERSION b/dataflows/VERSION
index 7d85683..d1d899f 100644
--- a/dataflows/VERSION
+++ b/dataflows/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.4
+0.5.5
diff --git a/dataflows/base/datastream_processor.py b/dataflows/base/datastream_processor.py
index 250e25d..80311cb 100644
--- a/dataflows/base/datastream_processor.py
+++ b/dataflows/base/datastream_processor.py
@@ -96,15 +96,18 @@ def raise_exception(self, cause):
             raise error from cause
         raise cause
 
-    def safe_process(self, on_error=None):
+    def safe_process(self, return_results=False, on_error=None):
         results = []
         try:
             ds = self._process()
             for res in ds.res_iter:
-                if on_error is not None:
-                    results.append(list(
-                        schema_validator(res.res, res, on_error=on_error)
-                    ))
+                if return_results:
+                    if on_error is not None:
+                        results.append(list(
+                            schema_validator(res.res, res, on_error=on_error)
+                        ))
+                    else:
+                        results.append(list(res))
                 else:
                     collections.deque(res, maxlen=0)
         except UniqueKeyError as e:
@@ -121,7 +124,5 @@ def process(self):
         return ds.dp, ds.merge_stats()
 
     def results(self, on_error=None):
-        if on_error is None:
-            on_error = raise_exception
-        ds, results = self.safe_process(on_error=on_error)
+        ds, results = self.safe_process(return_results=True, on_error=on_error)
         return results, ds.dp, ds.merge_stats()
diff --git a/dataflows/base/flow.py b/dataflows/base/flow.py
index 6318015..9ddf226 100644
--- a/dataflows/base/flow.py
+++ b/dataflows/base/flow.py
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 from .datastream_processor import DataStreamProcessor
+from .schema_validator import raise_exception
 
 
 class Flow:
     def __init__(self, *args):
         self.chain = args
 
-    def results(self, on_error=None):
+    def results(self, on_error=raise_exception):
         return self._chain().results(on_error=on_error)
 
     def process(self):
diff --git a/dataflows/processors/load.py b/dataflows/processors/load.py
index 7ace526..8cb3ad7 100644
--- a/dataflows/processors/load.py
+++ b/dataflows/processors/load.py
@@ -175,9 +175,10 @@ def safe_process_datapackage(self, dp: Package):
                     descriptor['encoding'] = self.options['encoding']
                 self.options['custom_parsers'] = self.get_custom_parsers(self.options.get('custom_parsers'))
                 self.options.setdefault('ignore_blank_headers', True)
+                if 'headers' not in self.options:
+                    self.options.setdefault('skip_rows', [{'type': 'preset', 'value': 'auto'}])
                 self.options.setdefault('headers', 1)
                 self.options.setdefault('sample_size', 1000)
-                self.options.setdefault('skip_rows', [{'type': 'preset', 'value': 'auto'}])
                 stream: Stream = Stream(self.load_source, **self.options).open()
                 if len(stream.headers) != len(set(stream.headers)):
                     if not self.deduplicate_headers:
@@ -215,11 +216,16 @@ def safe_process_datapackage(self, dp: Package):
         return dp
 
     def stripper(self, iterator):
+        whitespace = set(' \t\n\r')
         for r in iterator:
-            yield dict(
-                (k, v.strip()) if isinstance(v, str) else (k, v)
-                for k, v in r.items()
-            )
+            for k, v in r.items():
+                if v and isinstance(v, str) and (v[-1] in whitespace or v[0] in whitespace):
+                    r[k] = v.strip()
+            yield r
+            # yield dict(
+            #     (k, v.strip()) if isinstance(v, str) else (k, v)
+            #     for k, v in r.items()
+            # )
 
     def limiter(self, iterator):
         count = 0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8565896..31be5bf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def read(*paths):
 INSTALL_REQUIRES = [
     'dataflows-tabulator>=1.54.0',
     'datapackage>=1.15.4',
-    'tableschema>=1.20.10',
+    'tableschema>=1.20.11',
     'kvfile>=1.1.1',
     'click',
     'jinja2',
diff --git a/tests/test_lib.py b/tests/test_lib.py
index 34599f9..2563b88 100644
--- a/tests/test_lib.py
+++ b/tests/test_lib.py
@@ -2523,3 +2523,32 @@ def test_dump_to_json_objects():
         for x in ['a', 'b']:
             assert res[50][x] == data[50][x]
             assert res[50]['c'][x] == data[50][x]
+
+
+def aux_profile(filename, fast=False):
+    from dataflows import Flow, load, schema_validator
+    return Flow(
+        load(filename, cast_strategy=load.CAST_WITH_SCHEMA),
+    ).results(on_error=None if fast else schema_validator.raise_exception)[0][0]
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('fast', [False, True])
+def test_profile(fast):
+    import csv
+    import tempfile
+    import os
+    from decimal import Decimal
+
+    NUM = 1000000
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
+        filename = os.path.join(tmpdirname, 'test.csv')
+        with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+            writer = csv.writer(f)
+            writer.writerow(['id', 'name', 'age', 'percent'])
+            for i in range(NUM):
+                writer.writerow([str(i), 'name is ' + str(i), i % 100, i / 100])
+        res = aux_profile(filename, fast)
+        for i in range(NUM):
+            assert res[i]['id'] == i
+            assert res[i]['name'] == 'name is ' + str(i)
+            assert res[i]['age'] == i % 100