diff --git a/webservice/job_monitor.py b/webservice/job_monitor.py
index f36cb8363917368ca2ca0a78462b6fec71ff1c24..443bbc9265d41d31bee812c2a1701088f5333be8 100644
--- a/webservice/job_monitor.py
+++ b/webservice/job_monitor.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def slurm_status(filter_user=True):
         cmd += ["--me"]
     res = run(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
     if res.returncode == 0:
-        rlines = res.stdout.decode().split("\n")
+        rlines = res.stdout.decode().rstrip("\n").split("\n")
         statii = {}
         for r in rlines[1:]:
             try: