diff --git a/src/cache_hash.cpp b/src/cache_hash.cpp
index b302946310..dcf15d16b9 100644
--- a/src/cache_hash.cpp
+++ b/src/cache_hash.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,16 @@ Error cache_hit(CacheHash *ch, Buf *out_digest) {
             return ErrorInvalidFormat;
         }
 
+        // We should be at the last item,
+        // so switch from iterating on spaces ' ' to newlines '\n'
+        // First, check to make sure we have the runway to do so:
+        if (it.index == it.buffer.len) {
+            os_file_close(ch->manifest_file);
+            return ErrorInvalidFormat;
+        }
+        it.index++;
+        // Too close for missiles, I’m switching to guns
+        it.split_bytes = str("\n");
         Optional<Slice<uint8_t>> opt_file_path = SplitIterator_next(&it);
         if (!opt_file_path.is_some) {
             os_file_close(ch->manifest_file);