diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3c335a..ce9eb51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ This is a test ~senctence~**for diffutils**.
 But it can easily replaced by any other which is better for handing your texts. I have plan to add implementation of some in future.
 
 ### Changelog ###
+  * Version 4.1-SNAPSHOT
+    * preview of new Unified Diff Reader / Writer. This is not yet feature complete but passes the
+      tests of the old version.
   * Version 4.0-SNAPSHOT
     * moved to organisation **java-diff-utils**
     * changed groupid to **io.github.java-diff-utils** and artifact id to **java-diff-utils**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/difflib/unifieddiff/UnifiedDiffReader.java b/src/main/java/com/github/difflib/unifieddiff/UnifiedDiffReader.java
index ba4966d..7adccbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/difflib/unifieddiff/UnifiedDiffReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/difflib/unifieddiff/UnifiedDiffReader.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public final class UnifiedDiffReader {
         String tailTxt = "";
         while (READER.ready()) {
             String line = READER.readLine();
-            if (line.equals("--")) {
+            if (line.matches("--\\s*")) {
                 break;
             } else {
                 LOG.log(Level.INFO, "parsing line {0}", line);