diff --git a/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py b/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py
index 6de5e4c7..97d4fb99 100644
--- a/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_cc_utils.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ def ssh_compute_remove(public_key, user=None):
     [keys.remove(key) for key in keys if key == public_key]
 
     with open(authorized_keys(user), 'w') as _keys:
-        _keys.write('\n'.join(keys))
+        _keys.write('\n'.join(keys) + '\n')
 
 
 def determine_endpoints(url):