diff --git a/lib/guard.rb b/lib/guard.rb
index 4dfcc1f..98187c9 100644
--- a/lib/guard.rb
+++ b/lib/guard.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module Guard
     end
     
     def locate_guard(name)
-      `gem open guard-#{name} --latest --command echo`
+      `gem open guard-#{name} --latest --command echo`.chomp
     rescue
       UI.error "Could not find 'guard-#{name}' gem path."
     end
diff --git a/spec/guard_spec.rb b/spec/guard_spec.rb
index 2c468b5..b90adfb 100644
--- a/spec/guard_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/guard_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ describe Guard do
   describe "locate_guard" do
     
     it "should return guard-rspec gem path" do
-      Guard.locate_guard('rspec').should match(/^.*\/guard-rspec-.*$/)
+      guard_path = Guard.locate_guard('rspec')
+      guard_path.should match(/^.*\/guard-rspec-.*$/)
+      guard_path.should == guard_path.chomp
     end
     
   end