diff --git a/backend/metagenedb/common/utils/parsers/eggnog.py b/backend/metagenedb/common/utils/parsers/eggnog.py
index 51fdf35017c89528acfe5ed34a7012af141a4cf1..70b8aeb5993df653e16533e47d678e40068879ca 100644
--- a/backend/metagenedb/common/utils/parsers/eggnog.py
+++ b/backend/metagenedb/common/utils/parsers/eggnog.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class EggNogAnnotationLineParser(object):
             return {
                 'functional_category': elements[2],
                 'function_id': elements[1],
-                'name': elements[3],
+                'name': elements[3].rstrip(),
             }
         except Exception:
             _LOGGER.error(f"Could not parse: {line.rstrip()}. Are you sure it comes from eggnog annotations.tsv?")
diff --git a/backend/metagenedb/common/utils/parsers/test_eggnog.py b/backend/metagenedb/common/utils/parsers/test_eggnog.py
index 5ffe229595a5e1b8fab690ab93345609c37a9d0d..ab22354d8ad18bde9420114c9b8fc1ccf9076245 100644
--- a/backend/metagenedb/common/utils/parsers/test_eggnog.py
+++ b/backend/metagenedb/common/utils/parsers/test_eggnog.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ from metagenedb.common.utils.parsers import EggNogAnnotationLineParser
 
 class TestEggNogAnnotationLineParser(TestCase):
 
-    def test_ko_list(self):
-        ko_line = "1\t28H54\tK\ttranslational termination"
+    def test_get_dict(self):
+        ko_line = "1\t28H54\tK\ttranslational termination\n"
         expected_dict = {
                 'function_id': "28H54",
                 'name': "translational termination",
@@ -15,7 +15,17 @@ class TestEggNogAnnotationLineParser(TestCase):
         test_dict = EggNogAnnotationLineParser.get_dict(ko_line)
         self.assertDictEqual(test_dict, expected_dict)
 
-    def test_ko_list_wrong_format(self):
+    def test_get_dict_no_name(self):
+        ko_line = "1\t28H50\tS\t\n"
+        expected_dict = {
+                'function_id': "28H50",
+                'name': "",
+                'functional_category': "S"
+            }
+        test_dict = EggNogAnnotationLineParser.get_dict(ko_line)
+        self.assertDictEqual(test_dict, expected_dict)
+
+    def test_get_dict_wrong_format(self):
         ko_line = "This is a wrong line format, with; information   and tab"
         with self.assertRaises(Exception) as context:  # noqa
             EggNogAnnotationLineParser.get_dict(ko_line)