diff --git a/benchmark/export.py b/benchmark/export.py
index 308cca16aa06c100176cf87ea60ff39a795a4492..fd6e21f84d897c055becf9b3f8c3e1fc83d9903c 100755
--- a/benchmark/export.py
+++ b/benchmark/export.py
@@ -46,6 +46,5 @@ for datapoint in results:
     date = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'show', commit, '-s', '--pretty=%cI']).strip().decode('UTF-8')
     headers = {'X-Project': args.project, 'X-Branch': args.branch, 'X-Commit': commit, 'X-Config': args.config, 'X-Date': date}
     r = requests.post(args.server+"/build_times_8.6", data=times, headers=headers, auth=(args.user, args.password))
+    print(" {}".format(r.text.strip()))
     r.raise_for_status()
-    print(" done")
-
diff --git a/benchmark/parse_log.py b/benchmark/parse_log.py
index 568f83d9c3134142df9e26a59f7b8bc93043dd52..29ce97312ee85e33862c5ff35045ac5ecb9c73fa 100644
--- a/benchmark/parse_log.py
+++ b/benchmark/parse_log.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def parse(file, parse_times = PARSE_FULL):
     commit = None
     times = None
     for line in file:
+        line = line.strip()
         # next commit?
         m = commit_re.match(line)
         if m is not None:
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ def parse(file, parse_times = PARSE_FULL):
                     times[name] = time
             continue
         # nothing else we know about, ignore
+        print("Ignoring line",line)
     # end of file. previous commit, if any, is done now.
     if commit is not None:
         yield Result(commit, times)