diff --git a/include/internal/bottles.hpp.cog b/include/internal/bottles.hpp.cog
index aeb0e1a..23b0518 100644
--- a/include/internal/bottles.hpp.cog
+++ b/include/internal/bottles.hpp.cog
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace cellar {
          
          with open("src/bottles/commands.txt") as commandsfile:
             for line in commandsfile:
-                item = line.split(" ")
+                item = line.strip().split(" ")
                 cog.outl("extern void {0} (int, char**);".format(item[1]))
       ]]]*/
     //[[[end]]]
diff --git a/src/bottles/commands.cpp.cog b/src/bottles/commands.cpp.cog
index ab101cf..c2d2671 100644
--- a/src/bottles/commands.cpp.cog
+++ b/src/bottles/commands.cpp.cog
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DLL_PUBLIC map<string, CommandFunction> cellar::commands::bottles_commands() {
 
          with open("src/bottles/commands.txt") as commandfile:
             for line in commandfile:
-                linesplit = line.split(" ")
+                linesplit = line.strip().split(" ")
                 name = linesplit[0]
                 func = linesplit[1]