diff --git a/modules/chat.py b/modules/chat.py
index 6d57dbf..328ba83 100644
--- a/modules/chat.py
+++ b/modules/chat.py
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ def load_character(character, name1, name2, instruct=False):
             # Create .json log files since they don't already exist
             save_history('instruct' if instruct else 'chat')
 
-    return name1, name2, picture, greeting, context, repr(turn_template)[1:-1]
+    return name1, name2, picture, greeting, context, turn_template.replace("\n", r"\n")
 
 
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