diff --git a/server/submit.go b/server/submit.go
index 4bb7c29..0873eb3 100755
--- a/server/submit.go
+++ b/server/submit.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"html"
 	"local/notes-server/filetree"
 	"net/http"
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ func (s *Server) submit(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	content := r.FormValue("content")
 	content = html.UnescapeString(content)
 	content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, "\r", "")
+	content = trimLines(content)
 	err := s.Notes.Submit(r.URL.Path, content)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
@@ -25,3 +28,12 @@ func (s *Server) submit(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	url.Path = path.Join("/notes/", filetree.NewPathFromURL(r.URL.Path).BaseHREF)
 	http.Redirect(w, r, url.String(), http.StatusSeeOther)
 }
+
+func trimLines(s string) string {
+	buff := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(s, "\n") {
+		fmt.Fprintln(buff, strings.TrimRight(line, "\n \r\t"))
+	}
+	fixed := string(buff.Bytes())
+	return fixed[:len(fixed)-1]
+}
diff --git a/server/submit_test.go b/server/submit_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8a637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/submit_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package server
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestTrimLines(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("no newline at end", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := `
+         hello
+         world`
+		s += "    "
+		s += "    \t"
+		got := trimLines(s)
+		want := `
+         hello
+         world`
+		if got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("want %q, got %q", want, got)
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("noop", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := `hi`
+		got := trimLines(s)
+		want := `hi`
+		if got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("want %q, got %q", want, got)
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("newline", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := "hi\n"
+		got := trimLines(s)
+		want := "hi\n"
+		if got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("want %q, got %q", want, got)
+		}
+	})
+}