diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1e98c321eb5..142d1bc02f56 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Restore compatibility with older format of shared links [plausible/analytics#2225](https://github.com/plausible/analytics/pull/2225)
 - Fix 'All time' period for sites with no recorded stats [plausible/analytics#2277](https://github.com/plausible/analytics/pull/2277)
 - Ensure settings page can be rendered after a form error [plausible/analytics#2278](https://github.com/plausible/analytics/pull/2278)
+- Ensure newlines from settings files are trimmed [plausible/analytics#2480](https://github.com/plausible/analytics/pull/2480)
 
 ### Changed
 - `script.file-downloads.outbound-links.js` only sends an outbound link event when an outbound download link is clicked
diff --git a/lib/plausible/helpers/config.ex b/lib/plausible/helpers/config.ex
index 4640869ffe98..aa28255d03f4 100644
--- a/lib/plausible/helpers/config.ex
+++ b/lib/plausible/helpers/config.ex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.ConfigHelpers do
     var_path = Path.join(config_dir, var_name)
 
     if File.exists?(var_path) do
-      File.read!(var_path)
+      File.read!(var_path) |> String.trim()
     else
       System.get_env(var_name, default)
     end