diff --git a/PLUGIN-INF/metadata_SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin.xml b/PLUGIN-INF/metadata_SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin.xml
index 7800cc31d51067d9c23c0a3a412a36c609ac3620..9ebc001b4c58226da9882b9b7e4888b606a88553 100644
--- a/PLUGIN-INF/metadata_SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin.xml
+++ b/PLUGIN-INF/metadata_SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		</fr:x_form>
 	</pl:initParameters>
 	<pl:description>SLUB Virus Check Plugin using installed ClamAV daemon via tcp-sockets</pl:description>
-	<pl:version>1.2</pl:version>
+	<pl:version>1.3</pl:version>
 	<pl:materialType>DIGITAL</pl:materialType>
 	<pl:module>Repository</pl:module>
 	<pl:generalType>TASK</pl:generalType>
diff --git a/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin.java b/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin.java
index 6bf6db8311ff2f5fdf195f80821d785b707e0fd8..6e590ad762d98be9d0d77c2f793d752d39a96c5c 100644
--- a/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin.java
+++ b/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin.java
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public class SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin implements VirusCheckPlugin {
             callSocketCommandStream(socket, command, in);
             in.close();
             //log.debug( "Response: " + response);
-            System.out.println("Response: " + response);
+            System.out.println("Response: " + response.trim());
             // parse return code
             String result = response.trim();
             if (RESPONSEOK.equals(result)) {
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public class SLUBVirusCheckClamAVPlugin implements VirusCheckPlugin {
             byte[] command = VERSION;
             response = "";
             callSocketCommand(socket, command);
-            return response;
+            return response.trim();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             //log.error("exception creation socket, clamd not available at host=" + host + "port=" + port, e);
             System.out.println("exception creation socket, clamd not available at host=" + host + "port=" + port + " " + e);