diff --git a/testing/registrar_test.py b/testing/registrar_test.py
index d6ef1c9043ff550357163a9d55ee701a2212b309..54bc3108fc0164c0e62b700c2e62b887650f7435 100644
--- a/testing/registrar_test.py
+++ b/testing/registrar_test.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def compare_links(sftp, product_xml, product):
 
 
     xml_file= report.read()
-    root = ElementTree.fromstring(xml_file.decode('utf-8'))
+    root = ElementTree.fromstring(xml_file.decode('utf-8').strip())
 
     urls = root.findall('{http://www.telespazio.com/CSCDA/CDD/PDAS}URL')
     wms_link = urls[0].find('{http://www.telespazio.com/CSCDA/CDD/PDAS}URL').text