diff --git a/model/src/utils/get_model_name.py b/model/src/utils/get_model_name.py
index cd2b532..126d32e 100644
--- a/model/src/utils/get_model_name.py
+++ b/model/src/utils/get_model_name.py
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ def get_model_name(
     """Get model name from model_name file."""
     assert isinstance(path, Path)
     assert path.exists(), f'{path} does not exist'
+    # read file contents
     with open(file=path, encoding='utf-8') as fh:
         model_name = fh.read()
+    # remove newline character
+    model_name = model_name.strip()
     logging.debug('finished')
     return model_name