--- gramps/gen/utils/resourcepath.py.orig	2019-02-14 23:31:55.000000000 +0100
+++ gramps/gen/utils/resourcepath.py	2019-02-14 23:34:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
             try:
                 with open(resource_file, encoding='utf-8',
                                 errors='strict') as fp:
-                    resource_path = fp.readline()
+                    resource_path = fp.readline().rstrip('\n')
             except UnicodeError as err:
                 LOG.exception("Encoding error while parsing resource path", err)
                 sys.exit(1)