diff --git a/controller/channel.go b/controller/channel.go
index 62f5bc69..f3ec6b3a 100644
--- a/controller/channel.go
+++ b/controller/channel.go
@@ -539,7 +539,11 @@ func FetchModels(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	request.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+req.Key)
+	// remove line breaks and extra spaces.
+	key := strings.TrimSpace(req.Key)
+	// If the key contains a line break, only take the first part.
+	key = strings.Split(key, "\n")[0]
+	request.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+key)
 
 	response, err := client.Do(request)
 	if err != nil {