diff --git a/generate-index b/generate-index
index 324001cae..f8f940e4c 100755
--- a/generate-index
+++ b/generate-index
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import hashlib
 import subprocess
 
 template = file('index.html.in', 'r').read()
-version = subprocess.Popen(['./youtube-dl', '--version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+version = subprocess.Popen(['./youtube-dl', '--version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].strip()
 data = file('youtube-dl', 'rb').read()
 md5sum = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
 sha1sum = hashlib.sha1(data).hexdigest()