diff --git a/src/komodo_utils.h b/src/komodo_utils.h
index 2a5d61760..c29bd5ce4 100644
--- a/src/komodo_utils.h
+++ b/src/komodo_utils.h
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ char *parse_conf_line(char *line,char *field)
     if ( *line == '=' )
         line++;
     while ( line[strlen(line)-1] == '\r' || line[strlen(line)-1] == '\n' || line[strlen(line)-1] == ' ' )
-        line[strlen(line)-1] == 0;
+        line[strlen(line)-1] = 0;
     printf("LINE.(%s)\n",line);
     _stripwhite(line,0);
     return(clonestr(line));