diff --git a/fortran/src/include/utils.f90 b/fortran/src/include/utils.f90
index c6956a0d..caec4934 100644
--- a/fortran/src/include/utils.f90
+++ b/fortran/src/include/utils.f90
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ function get_answer(id) result(answer)
                                 answer%int_value = i
                             end if
                         case ("str")
-                            allocate(character(len=len(trim(val))) :: answer%string_value)
+                            allocate(character(len=len(val)) :: answer%string_value)
                             if (.not. allocated(answer%string_value)) then
                                 print *, "Memory allocation failed for string_value. Returning error type"
                             else
                                 answer%type = stringt
-                                answer%string_value = trim(val)
+                                answer%string_value = val
                             end if
                         case default
                             print *, "Invalid value type. Returning error type"
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ subroutine parse_line(line, id_out, type_out, length_out, value_out)
                         length_out = trim(line(last_pos + 1:))
                     case (4)
                         value_out = trim(line(last_pos + 1:))
+                        if (value_out(len(value_out):len(value_out)) == char(10)) then
+                            value_out = value_out(0:len(value_out) - 1)  ! strip \n
+                        end if
+                        if (value_out(len(value_out):len(value_out)) == char(13)) then
+                            value_out = value_out(0:len(value_out) - 1)  ! strip \r
+                        end if
                 end select
                 return
             else