diff --git a/src/Screen.cpp b/src/Screen.cpp
index 0616215a..f925ddfd 100644
--- a/src/Screen.cpp
+++ b/src/Screen.cpp
@@ -1229,6 +1229,15 @@ int Screen::copyLineToStream(int line ,
         Character* data = screenLines[screenLine].data();
         int length = screenLines[screenLine].count();
 
+        // ignore trailing white space at the end of the line
+        for (int i = length-1; i >= 0; i--)
+        {
+            if (data[i].character == ' ')
+                length--;
+            else
+                break;
+        }
+ 
         //retrieve line from screen image
         for (int i=start;i < qMin(start+count,length);i++)
         {