diff --git a/src/eFmt.erl b/src/eFmt.erl
index 5ed02f8..a7b98c6 100644
--- a/src/eFmt.erl
+++ b/src/eFmt.erl
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ writeList([One | List], D, E, BinAcc) ->
          writeList(List, D - 1, E, <<BinAcc/binary, (writeTerm(One, D, E))/binary, ",">>)
    end;
 writeList(Other, D, E, BinAcc) ->
-   <<BinAcc/binary, "|", (writeTerm(Other, D, E))/binary, "]">>.
+   NewBinAcc = binary:part(BinAcc, 0, erlang:byte_size(BinAcc) - 1),
+   <<NewBinAcc/binary, "|", (writeTerm(Other, D, E))/binary, "]">>.
 
 writeTuple(Tuple, D, E, Index, TupleSize, BinAcc) ->
    if
@@ -260,11 +261,12 @@ writeList(Other, Depth, Width, Encoding, Strings, SumLC, BinAcc) ->
    TermBin = writeTerm(Other, Depth, Width, Encoding, Strings),
    TermBinBinSize = erlang:byte_size(TermBin),
    NewSumLC = SumLC + TermBinBinSize,
+   NewBinAcc = binary:part(BinAcc, 0, erlang:byte_size(BinAcc) - 1),
    case NewSumLC >= Width of
       true ->
-         <<BinAcc/binary, "|", TermBin/binary, "]\n">>;
+         <<NewBinAcc/binary, "|", TermBin/binary, "]\n">>;
       _ ->
-         <<BinAcc/binary, "|", TermBin/binary, "]">>
+         <<NewBinAcc/binary, "|", TermBin/binary, "]">>
    end.
 
 writeTuple(Tuple, Depth, Width, Encoding, Strings, Index, TupleSize, SumLC, BinAcc) ->