diff --git a/siteupdate/python-teresco/siteupdate.py b/siteupdate/python-teresco/siteupdate.py
index 30b55272..7b7d800b 100755
--- a/siteupdate/python-teresco/siteupdate.py
+++ b/siteupdate/python-teresco/siteupdate.py
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ def __init__(self,travelername,route_hash,path="../../../UserData/list_files"):
         self.log_entries = []
 
         for line in lines:
-            line = line.strip()
+            line = line.strip().rstrip('\x00')
             # ignore empty or "comment" lines
             if len(line) == 0 or line.startswith("#"):
                 continue