diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index c70f171c..014b629e 100644
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -5386,7 +5386,7 @@ def print_buildlog(apiurl, prj, package, repository, arch, offset=0, strip_time=
     # to protect us against control characters
     import string
     all_bytes = string.maketrans('', '')
-    remove_bytes = all_bytes[:10] + all_bytes[11:32] # accept newlines
+    remove_bytes = all_bytes[:9] + all_bytes[11:32] # accept tabs and newlines
 
     query = {'nostream' : '1', 'start' : '%s' % offset}
     if last: