diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/bin/omr-test-speed b/openmptcprouter/files/bin/omr-test-speed
index 15666e1e9..618da96fe 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/bin/omr-test-speed
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/bin/omr-test-speed
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ if [ "$HETZNER" = false ]; then
 	for pinghost in $HOSTLST; do
 		domain=$(echo $pinghost | awk -F/ '{print $3}')
 		if [ -z "$INTERFACE" ]; then
-			ping=$(ping -c1 -w2 $domain | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1)
+			ping=$(ping -c1 -w2 $domain | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1 | tr -d '\n')
 		else
-			ping=$(ping -c1 -w2 -I $INTERFACE -B $domain | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1)
+			ping=$(ping -c1 -w2 -I $INTERFACE -B $domain | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1 | tr -d '\n')
 		fi
 		echo "host: $domain - ping: $ping"
 		if [ -n "$ping" ] && [ "$ping" -lt "$bestping" ]; then