diff --git a/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp b/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp
index 9bc6fe7..9ead609 100644
--- a/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp
+++ b/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp
@@ -87,23 +87,21 @@ void Ollie9pClient::setActiveSessionId(const QString &id)
 void Ollie9pClient::refreshSessions()
 {
     QByteArray out = run9p({"read", "session/idx"});
-    // Don't trim the whole output — trailing tabs are significant fields
+    // Don't trim — trailing tabs are significant fields
     QString raw = QString::fromUtf8(out);
 
     m_sessions.clear();
     if (!raw.isEmpty()) {
         for (const QString &line : raw.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)) {
-            QString trimmed = line.trimmed();
-            if (trimmed.isEmpty()) continue;
-            QStringList parts = trimmed.split('\t');
-            if (parts.size() >= 2) {
-                QVariantMap session;
-                session["id"] = parts[0];
-                session["state"] = parts[1];
-                session["model"] = parts.size() > 2 ? parts[2] : "";
-                session["agent"] = parts.size() > 3 ? parts[3] : "";
-                m_sessions.append(session);
-            }
+            QStringList parts = line.split('\t');
+            // Skip lines where the first field (session name) is empty
+            if (parts.isEmpty() || parts[0].isEmpty()) continue;
+            QVariantMap session;
+            session["id"] = parts[0];
+            session["state"] = parts.size() > 1 ? parts[1] : "";
+            session["model"] = parts.size() > 2 ? parts[2] : "";
+            session["agent"] = parts.size() > 3 ? parts[3] : "";
+            m_sessions.append(session);
         }
     }
     emit sessionsChanged();
@@ -541,23 +539,21 @@ void Ollie9pClient::onEventReadyRead()
 {
     // eventwait returned the full session index — use it directly
     QByteArray data = m_eventProc->readAllStandardOutput();
-    // Don't trim the whole output — trailing tabs are significant fields
+    // Don't trim — trailing tabs are significant fields
     QString raw = QString::fromUtf8(data);
 
     m_sessions.clear();
     if (!raw.isEmpty()) {
         for (const QString &line : raw.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)) {
-            QString trimmed = line.trimmed();
-            if (trimmed.isEmpty()) continue;
-            QStringList parts = trimmed.split('\t');
-            if (parts.size() >= 2) {
-                QVariantMap session;
-                session["id"] = parts[0];
-                session["state"] = parts[1];
-                session["model"] = parts.size() > 2 ? parts[2] : "";
-                session["agent"] = parts.size() > 3 ? parts[3] : "";
-                m_sessions.append(session);
-            }
+            QStringList parts = line.split('\t');
+            // Skip lines where the first field (session name) is empty
+            if (parts.isEmpty() || parts[0].isEmpty()) continue;
+            QVariantMap session;
+            session["id"] = parts[0];
+            session["state"] = parts.size() > 1 ? parts[1] : "";
+            session["model"] = parts.size() > 2 ? parts[2] : "";
+            session["agent"] = parts.size() > 3 ? parts[3] : "";
+            m_sessions.append(session);
         }
     }
     emit sessionsChanged();