diff --git a/core/src/statusbar.sld b/core/src/statusbar.sld
index 4374d0d..6e33216 100644
--- a/core/src/statusbar.sld
+++ b/core/src/statusbar.sld
@@ -137,14 +137,14 @@
           (mutex-unlock! out-mutex)))
       (define (handle-log-event event data)
        (cond
-        ((eqv? event 'next) (bypass-write (string->utf8 data)))
-        ((eqv? event 'write) (bypass-write (string->utf8 data)))
+        ((eqv? event 'next) (bypass-write (string->utf8 (string-copy data 0 (- (string-length data) 1)))))
+        ((eqv? event 'write) (bypass-write (string->utf8 data))) ; TODO(puck): is this ever called?
         ((eqv? event 'error) (error data))
         ((and (eqv? event 'activity-start) (eq? (list-ref data 3) 104)) (set! last-builds-activity-id (list-ref data 1)))
         ((and (eqv? event 'activity-start) (eq? (list-ref data 3) 105))
          (set! build-activity-mapping
            (mapping-set! build-activity-mapping (list-ref data 1)
-             (string-drop-while (vector-ref (list-ref data 5) 0) (lambda (f) (not (char=? f #\-)))))))
+             (string-drop (string-drop-while (vector-ref (list-ref data 5) 0) (lambda (f) (not (char=? f #\-)))) 1))))
         ((eqv? event 'activity-start) (set! last-activity-start-id (list-ref data 1)) (set! last-activity-start (list-ref data 4)) (rerender-status-bar))
         ((eqv? event 'activity-stop)
          (set! build-activity-mapping (mapping-delete! build-activity-mapping data)))