diff --git a/savesync[rungame,endgame](sync).ash b/savesync[rungame,endgame](sync).ash
index 6225ac5..3b5b8a8 100644
--- a/savesync[rungame,endgame](sync).ash
+++ b/savesync[rungame,endgame](sync).ash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #shellcheck shell=dash
 #
 
-event_data=$(cat /tmp/es_state.inf)
+event_data=$(cat /tmp/es_state.inf | tr -d '\r' )
 
 REMOTE_BASE="saves:gamepi-tv"
 PIPE="/tmp/savesync_pipe"
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ log() {
 	printf "LOG:[%s] %s\n" "$1" "$2" >"$PIPE"
 }
 
-log "INFO" "Starting based on event"
+log "INFO" "Starting based on event: $(echo "$event_data" | tr '\n' ',')"
 
 ## Iterate over the data
-echo "$event_data" | while IFS='=' read -r key val; do
-	# Split each pair into key and value using '=' as the delimiter
+echo "$event_data" | while IFS='=' read -r k v; do
+	key=$(echo "$k" | tr -d '\n')
+	val=$(echo "$v" | tr -d '\n')
 
 	# set variables and run functions based on the pairs
 	case "$key" in
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ echo "$event_data" | while IFS='=' read -r key val; do
 		st="$val"
 		log "DEBUG" "Setting st=$st"
 		log "DEBUG" "Starting logic tree"
-
 		if [ "$st" = "playing" ] && [ "$act" = "rungame" ]; then
 			log "INFO" "Sync START: $(basename "$gp")"
 			remote_f="$REMOTE_BASE/$sid/$(basename "$sp")"