diff --git a/common/rfb/SMsgReader.cxx b/common/rfb/SMsgReader.cxx
index 200350c..0c0e8b2 100644
--- a/common/rfb/SMsgReader.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/SMsgReader.cxx
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@
     vlog.error("Cut text too long (%d bytes) - ignoring", len);
     return;
   }
-  CharArray ca(len+1);
-  ca.buf[len] = 0;
+  CharArray ca(len);
   is->readBytes(ca.buf, len);
-  handler->clientCutText(ca.buf, len);
+  CharArray filtered(convertLF(ca.buf, len));
+  handler->clientCutText(filtered.buf, strlen(filtered.buf));
 }
 
 void SMsgReader::readQEMUMessage()