diff --git a/go/os/kill_windows.go b/go/os/kill_windows.go
index fa2ad6bb..6b256512 100644
--- a/go/os/kill_windows.go
+++ b/go/os/kill_windows.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func CheckProcessAndKill(pid uint64, processName string) {
 		// Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage
 		// ========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
 		// process.exe                  	<PID>   Services                   0      8,936 K
-		lines := strings.Split(string(bytes),"\n")
+		lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(bytes)),"\n")
 		log.Debugf("%v\n", lines)
 
 		// check for "<process>.exe"