diff --git a/09-kick-forward/tf-09.py b/09-kick-forward/tf-09.py
index b07fe70..6d2ccd8 100755
--- a/09-kick-forward/tf-09.py
+++ b/09-kick-forward/tf-09.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def scan(str_data, func):
 
 def remove_stop_words(word_list, func):
     with open('../stop_words.txt') as f:
-        stop_words = f.read().split(',')
+        stop_words = f.read().strip('\n').split(',')
     # add single-letter words
     stop_words.extend(list(string.ascii_lowercase))
     func([w for w in word_list if not w in stop_words], sort)
diff --git a/10-the-one/tf-10.py b/10-the-one/tf-10.py
index 29f78c0..b9905f1 100755
--- a/10-the-one/tf-10.py
+++ b/10-the-one/tf-10.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def scan(str_data):
 
 def remove_stop_words(word_list):
     with open('../stop_words.txt') as f:
-        stop_words = f.read().split(',')
+        stop_words = f.read().strip('\n').split(',')
     # add single-letter words
     stop_words.extend(list(string.ascii_lowercase))
     return [w for w in word_list if not w in stop_words]