lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index 29df07e0c8a82e3a97ad620eaa59d4dccb2ee4c2..2958d3f910b0986baa2bccf138ee185ae35b8c7f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ 	local $0 = "$0 query_remote_mboxrd";
 	local $SIG{TERM} = sub { exit(0) }; # for DESTROY (File::Temp, $reap)
 	my $lei = $self->{lei};
 	my $opt = $lei->{opt};
-	my $qstr = $lei->{mset_opt}->{qstr};
+	chomp(my $qstr = $lei->{mset_opt}->{qstr});
 	$qstr =~ s/[ \n\t]+/ /sg; # make URLs less ugly
 	my @qform = (x => 'm');
 	push(@qform, t => 1) if $opt->{threads};