diff --git a/fwffr.py b/fwffr.py
index 1866d5d..0831856 100644
--- a/fwffr.py
+++ b/fwffr.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class FixedLengthFieldParser(object):
     right_justified
         A list of fields that are right-justified instead of left.
     skip_justified
-        A list of fields that aren't justfiied.
+        A list of fields that aren't justified.
     encoding
         The base encoding of the file. If set, all values will be decoded.
     skip_unknown_types
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_obj, fields, record_type_func=None,
         self.skip_justified = skip_justified
         self.encoding = encoding
         self.skip_unknown_types = skip_unknown_types
-        self.strip = True
+        self.strip = strip
 
     def __iter__(self):
         for line in self.file_obj: