diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell b/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell
index b7ded5ea..06e1efc6 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeshell
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ def run():
                 if options.nonodeprefix:
                     sys.stdout.write(line)
                 else:
+                    line = line.lstrip('\x08')
                     sys.stdout.write('{0}: {1}'.format(node, line))
         sys.stdout.flush()
         if all: