diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 5f90f504..bcf0ac6a 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -8949,7 +8949,7 @@ function expire_gnu_social_posts {
     echo '' >> $gnusocial_expire_script
     echo '$oldate=date(("Y-m-d"), strtotime("-3 months"));' >> $gnusocial_expire_script
     echo '$username="root";' >> $gnusocial_expire_script
-    echo "\$password=file_get_contents(\"$DATABASE_PASSWORD_FILE\");" >> $gnusocial_expire_script
+    echo "\$password=trim(file_get_contents(\"$DATABASE_PASSWORD_FILE\"));" >> $gnusocial_expire_script
     echo '$database="gnusocial";' >> $gnusocial_expire_script
     echo '' >> $gnusocial_expire_script
     echo 'if (!$link = mysql_connect("localhost", $username, $password)) {' >> $gnusocial_expire_script