diff --git a/src/common/defs.py b/src/common/defs.py
index 94bb631e8..e49e560df 100644
--- a/src/common/defs.py
+++ b/src/common/defs.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try:
     node = subprocess.Popen('git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD', shell=True,
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
     if node:
-        version += '-' + node.decode('utf-8')
+        version += '-' + node.decode('utf-8').strip()
 except Exception:
     pass