diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f342737d994..ebb582c096c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Removed SentryExecutorService limit for delayed scheduled tasks ([#4846](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4846))
 - Fix visual artifacts for the Canvas strategy on some devices ([#4861](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4861))
+- [Config] Trim whitespace on properties path ([#4880](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4880))
 - Only set `DefaultReplayBreadcrumbConverter` if replay is available ([#4888](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4888))
 
 ### Improvements
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 - Fallback to distinct-id as user.id logging attribute when user is not set ([#4847](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4847))
 - Report Timber.tag() as `timber.tag` log attribute ([#4845](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4845))
 - Session Replay: Add screenshot strategy serialization to RRWeb events ([#4851](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4851))
+- Log why a properties file was not loaded ([#4879](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4879))
 
 ### Dependencies
 
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoader.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoader.java
index de93d5bbad6..dcb1ea91009 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoader.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoader.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -24,15 +23,25 @@ public FilesystemPropertiesLoader(@NotNull String filePath, @NotNull ILogger log
   @Override
   public @Nullable Properties load() {
     try {
-      final File f = new File(filePath);
+      final File f = new File(filePath.trim());
       if (f.isFile() && f.canRead()) {
         try (InputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(f))) {
           final Properties properties = new Properties();
           properties.load(is);
           return properties;
         }
+      } else if (!f.isFile()) {
+        logger.log(
+            SentryLevel.ERROR,
+            "Failed to load Sentry configuration since it is not a file or does not exist: %s",
+            filePath);
+      } else if (!f.canRead()) {
+        logger.log(
+            SentryLevel.ERROR,
+            "Failed to load Sentry configuration since it is not readable: %s",
+            filePath);
       }
-    } catch (IOException e) {
+    } catch (Throwable e) {
       logger.log(
           SentryLevel.ERROR, e, "Failed to load Sentry configuration from file: %s", filePath);
       return null;
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoaderTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoaderTest.kt
index 11e3a3a3fbc..1addfb449bc 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoaderTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/config/FilesystemPropertiesLoaderTest.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ class FilesystemPropertiesLoaderTest {
     assertEquals("some-dsn", properties["dsn"])
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `returns properties when file has whitespace`() {
+    val file = folder.newFile("sentry.properties")
+    file.writeText("dsn=some-dsn", Charset.defaultCharset())
+    val loader =
+      FilesystemPropertiesLoader("   " + file.absolutePath + "  ", NoOpLogger.getInstance())
+    val properties = loader.load()
+    assertNotNull(properties)
+    assertEquals("some-dsn", properties["dsn"])
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `returns null when property file not found`() {
     val loader =