diff --git a/src/core.go b/src/core.go
index 087c7df9..9d118a49 100644
--- a/src/core.go
+++ b/src/core.go
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ func Run(opts *Options, revision string) {
 				return false
 			}
 			item.text, item.colors = ansiProcessor([]byte(transformed))
+			item.text.TrimTrailingWhitespaces()
 			item.text.Index = itemIndex
 			item.origText = &data
 			itemIndex++
diff --git a/src/util/chars.go b/src/util/chars.go
index e36ab769..a57ba4bb 100644
--- a/src/util/chars.go
+++ b/src/util/chars.go
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ func (chars *Chars) TrailingWhitespaces() int {
 	return whitespaces
 }
 
+func (chars *Chars) TrimTrailingWhitespaces() {
+	whitespaces := chars.TrailingWhitespaces()
+	chars.slice = chars.slice[0 : len(chars.slice)-whitespaces]
+}
+
 func (chars *Chars) ToString() string {
 	if runes := chars.optionalRunes(); runes != nil {
 		return string(runes)