diff --git a/examples/rendezvous_server/rendezvous_server.nim b/examples/rendezvous_server/rendezvous_server.nim
index ac25bb7..4e56def 100644
--- a/examples/rendezvous_server/rendezvous_server.nim
+++ b/examples/rendezvous_server/rendezvous_server.nim
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ proc processClient(client: AsyncSocket, clients: TableRef[string, Client]) {.asy
   var id = ""
   var peerId = ""
   while true:
-    let line = await client.recvLine(maxLength = 400)
+    var line = await client.recvLine(maxLength = 400)
+    line = line.strip(leading = false, trailing = true, chars = {'\r', '\n'})
     if line.len == 0:
       removeClient(clients, peerId)
       break