diff --git a/pytorch_transformers/tokenization_bert.py b/pytorch_transformers/tokenization_bert.py
index acf89b69..f9c97b7d 100644
--- a/pytorch_transformers/tokenization_bert.py
+++ b/pytorch_transformers/tokenization_bert.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def load_vocab(vocab_file):
     with open(vocab_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as reader:
         tokens = reader.readlines()
     for index, token in enumerate(tokens):
-        token = token[:-1]
+        token = token.rstrip('\n')
         vocab[token] = index
     return vocab