diff --git a/irclog.py b/irclog.py
index 76cc8d6..69ccc8c 100644
--- a/irclog.py
+++ b/irclog.py
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ class WebServer:
 		# f: iterable producing tuples (path, line) where each line has the format '<ts> " " <command> " " <content>', <ts> is a float, <command> is one of the valid commands, and <content> is any str
 		# filter: function taking the line fields (path: str, ts: float, command: str, content: str) and returning whether to include the line
 		for path, line in f:
-			ts, command, content = line.strip().split(' ', 2)
+			ts, command, content = line.removesuffix('\n').split(' ', 2)
 			ts = float(ts)
 			if not filter(path, ts, command, content):
 				continue