diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 4e0cd6ef5..37c99016b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - unicode_input kitten: Fix a regression in 0.28.0 that caused the order of recent and favorites entries to not be respected (:iss:`6214`)
 
+- clipboard kitten: Fix a bug causing the last MIME type available on the clipboard not being recognized when pasting
+
 0.28.1 [2023-04-21]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/kittens/clipboard/read.go b/kittens/clipboard/read.go
index c9177e140..19a707b7a 100644
--- a/kittens/clipboard/read.go
+++ b/kittens/clipboard/read.go
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func run_get_loop(opts *Options, args []string) (err error) {
 		if reading_available_mimes {
 			switch metadata["status"] {
 			case "DATA":
-				available_mimes = strings.Split(utils.UnsafeBytesToString(payload), " ")
+				available_mimes = utils.Map(strings.TrimSpace, strings.Split(utils.UnsafeBytesToString(payload), " "))
 			case "OK":
 			case "DONE":
 				reading_available_mimes = false