--- a/pvl/syslog/tail.py	Thu Jan 10 17:49:49 2013 +0200
+++ b/pvl/syslog/tail.py	Thu Jan 10 17:50:10 2013 +0200
@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@
 
         line = self.file.readline()
 
+        if not line :
+            raise EOFError()
+        
+        line = line.rstrip('\n')
+
         log.debug("%s", line)
 
-        if not line :
-            raise EOFError()
-        else :
-            return line.rstrip('\n')
+        return line
 
     def readlines (self) :
         """