diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index 7088d93..2096c43 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def parse_config(default = {})
 	lines.collect!{|x|
 		x.sub!(/^\s*/, "")
 		x.sub!(/\#.*$/, "")
+		x.sub!(/\s*$/, "")
 		x.chomp
 	}
 	while i < lines.length