diff --git a/pkg/pidfile/pidfile.go b/pkg/pidfile/pidfile.go
index db3535b01491c6e8b31d8f782e8b58a551073287..58cc4017032696357e1fb8d19098d370dd021a7b 100644
--- a/pkg/pidfile/pidfile.go
+++ b/pkg/pidfile/pidfile.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // PIDFile is a file used to store the process ID of a running process.
@@ -17,9 +18,10 @@ type PIDFile struct {
 }
 
 func checkPIDFileAlreadyExists(path string) error {
-	if pidString, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path); err == nil {
-		if pid, err := strconv.Atoi(string(pidString)); err == nil {
-			if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join("/proc", string(pid))); err == nil {
+	if pidByte, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path); err == nil {
+		pidString := strings.TrimSpace(string(pidByte))
+		if pid, err := strconv.Atoi(pidString); err == nil {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join("/proc", strconv.Itoa(pid))); err == nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("pid file found, ensure docker is not running or delete %s", path)
 			}
 		}