diff --git a/Scripts/update_server.py b/Scripts/update_server.py
--- a/Scripts/update_server.py
+++ b/Scripts/update_server.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def read_tor_config(configfile="/etc/tor
 def get_tor_status(name='tor'):
 
     try:
-        pids = subprocess.check_output(['pidof', 'tor']).decode('utf-8')
+        pids = subprocess.check_output(['pidof', 'tor']).decode('utf-8')[:-1]
         pids = pids.split(' ')
         print(pids)
         pid_file = '.'.join([name, 'pid'])