diff --git a/src/asar-tests/newtest.cpp b/src/asar-tests/newtest.cpp
index 66242a30..a32b9e23 100644
--- a/src/asar-tests/newtest.cpp
+++ b/src/asar-tests/newtest.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ TestResult run_testcase(std::vector<uint8_t> base_rom, Testcase& testcase) {
 		asm_ss.ignore(3);
 	}
 	for(std::string line; std::getline(asm_ss, line); ) {
+		// remove trailing \r, artifact of windows newlines here
+		if(line.back() == '\r') line.erase(line.back());
 		if(line.substr(0, 2) == ";`") {
 			auto words = split_spaces(line.substr(2));
 			for(std::string& w : words) {