diff --git a/scripts/convert_glove2numpy.py b/scripts/convert_glove2numpy.py
index 21f7e05..642dab1 100644
--- a/scripts/convert_glove2numpy.py
+++ b/scripts/convert_glove2numpy.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     lines = list(open(glove_path))
     embed_matrix = np.zeros((len(lines), args.dim), dtype='float32')
     for i, line in enumerate(lines):
-        parts = line.strip().split()
+        parts = line.rstrip().split(' ')
         word = parts[0]
         vec = np.array(parts[1:], dtype='float32')
         embed_matrix[i] = vec