diff --git a/src/scripts/treemacs-git-status.py b/src/scripts/treemacs-git-status.py
index 1ba4e678..1cf61bf6 100644
--- a/src/scripts/treemacs-git-status.py
+++ b/src/scripts/treemacs-git-status.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def main():
         # reduce the state to a single-letter-string
         state = state[0:1]
 
+        filename = filename.strip()
         # sometimes git outputs quoted filesnames
         if filename.startswith(b'"'):
             filename = filename[1:-1]