diff --git a/src/python/html_filter.py b/src/python/html_filter.py
index 13c59f22..0c511891 100644
--- a/src/python/html_filter.py
+++ b/src/python/html_filter.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class HtmlFilter:
         result = b"".join((etree.tostring(el, encoding="utf-8")
                            for el in tree[0].iterchildren()))
 
-        return str(result, "utf-8")
+        return str(result, "utf-8").strip("\n")
 
 
     @property