diff --git a/proxywatchd.py b/proxywatchd.py
index a24e734..b0363e3 100644
--- a/proxywatchd.py
+++ b/proxywatchd.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class WorkerThread():
 class Proxywatchd():
 
 	def stop(self):
-		_log('\rRequesting proxywatchd to halt (%d thread(s))' % len([item for item in self.threads if True]))
+		_log('Requesting proxywatchd to halt (%d thread(s))' % len([item for item in self.threads if True]))
 		self.stopping.set()
 
 	def _cleanup(self):