diff --git a/stagit.c b/stagit.c
index 9527b01..3693efe 100644
--- a/stagit.c
+++ b/stagit.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (fpread) {
 		if (!fgets(cloneurl, sizeof(cloneurl), fpread))
 			cloneurl[0] = '\0';
+		cloneurl[strcspn(cloneurl, "\n")] = '\0';
 		fclose(fpread);
 	}