diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 296d9f867..58e062a5b 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ impl NativeClientConfig {
         }
 
         // Convert the C string to a Rust string.
-        Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf).to_string())
+        Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf).trim_matches(char::from(0)).to_string())
     }
 }