diff --git a/baph/core/cache/backends/memcached.py b/baph/core/cache/backends/memcached.py
index b1b76ed..109a76d 100644
--- a/baph/core/cache/backends/memcached.py
+++ b/baph/core/cache/backends/memcached.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def send_command(self, cmd, row_len=0, expect=None):
             while line:
                 # readline splits on '\r\n', we still need to split on '\n'
                 item, sep, line = line.partition('\n')
+                item = item.strip()
                 if item == 'END':
                     return lines
                 else: