diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/utils/scm_app_http.py b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/utils/scm_app_http.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/middleware/utils/scm_app_http.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/middleware/utils/scm_app_http.py
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ def _is_request_chunked(environ):
 def _maybe_stream_request(environ):
     path = get_path_info(environ)
     stream = _is_request_chunked(environ)
-    log.debug('handling request `%s` with stream support: %s', path, stream)
+    req_method = environ['REQUEST_METHOD']
+    log.debug('handling scm request: %s `%s` with stream support: %s', req_method, path, stream)
 
     if stream:
         # set stream by 256k
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/update.py b/rhodecode/model/update.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/update.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/update.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class UpdateModel(BaseModel):
         ver = rhodecode.__version__
         log.debug('Checking for upgrade on `%s` server', update_url)
         opener = urllib.request.build_opener()
-        opener.addheaders = [('User-agent', 'RhodeCode-SCM/%s' % ver)]
+        opener.addheaders = [('User-agent', f'RhodeCode-SCM/{ver.strip()}')]
         response = opener.open(update_url)
         response_data = response.read()
         data = json.loads(response_data)