diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sheepit/client/hardware/gpu/nvidia/Nvidia.java b/src/main/java/com/sheepit/client/hardware/gpu/nvidia/Nvidia.java
index fce6ce1..12b4a3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sheepit/client/hardware/gpu/nvidia/Nvidia.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sheepit/client/hardware/gpu/nvidia/Nvidia.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class Nvidia implements GPULister {
 			
 			nvml.nvmlShutdown();
 			
-			String driverVersion = new String(driverStringBuffer);
+			String driverVersion = (new String(driverStringBuffer)).trim();
 			boolean driverTooOld = GPUDevice.compareVersions(driverVersion, MINIMUM_DRIVER_VERSION) < 0;
 			if (driverTooOld) {
 				System.out.println("Nvidia::getGpus driver version too old: " + driverVersion);