diff -Naur clipit-1.4.1.orig/src/utils.c clipit-1.4.1/src/utils.c
--- clipit-1.4.1.orig/src/utils.c   2011-05-27 10:10:07.000000000 +0300
+++ clipit-1.4.1/src/utils.c    2014-08-05 21:18:29.343103476 +0300
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@
 /* Ellipsize a string according to the settings */
 GString *ellipsize_string(GString *string)
 {
+    gint pos = 0;
+    do {
+        if( string->str[pos] == '\r' ||
+            string->str[pos] == '\n' ) {
+            string = g_string_erase(string, pos, 1);
+        }
+    } while (pos++ < string->len);
+
     gboolean is_utf8 = g_utf8_validate(string->str, -1, NULL);
     gint str_len = is_utf8 ? g_utf8_strlen(string->str, -1) : string->len;
     if (str_len > prefs.item_length)