diff --git a/meldataset.py b/meldataset.py
index d6acfe5c..2738cb32 100644
--- a/meldataset.py
+++ b/meldataset.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         spect_params = SPECT_PARAMS
         mel_params = MEL_PARAMS
 
-        _data_list = [l[:-1].split('|') for l in data_list]
+        _data_list = [l.strip().split('|') for l in data_list]
         self.data_list = [data if len(data) == 3 else (*data, 0) for data in _data_list]
         self.text_cleaner = TextCleaner()
         self.sr = sr