diff --git a/src/apex/routing/route.py b/src/apex/routing/route.py
index d2bd779688bc2fab5bf9300cb0f614df719d0826..f7690a19cde0b8829ea4e32e4fc23bde11232846 100644
--- a/src/apex/routing/route.py
+++ b/src/apex/routing/route.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def has_seen(port_map, frame):
 
 
 def is_hop_consumed(hop):
-    if hop.trim()[-1] is '*':
+    if hop.strip()[-1] is '*':
         return True
     else:
         return False