diff --git a/tilde b/tilde
index 7b23215..eeee0a0 100755
--- a/tilde
+++ b/tilde
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ case $1 in
         # submit now
         mkdir -p "/tilde/pending-submissions/$USER/$script_name"
         ln -s "$HOME/bin/$script_name" "/tilde/pending-submissions/$USER/$script_name/$script_name"
-        printf "%s" "$description" > "/tilde/pending-submissions/$USER/$script_name/description.txt"
+        printf "%s\n" "$description" > "/tilde/pending-submissions/$USER/$script_name/description.txt"
         mail_body "$script_name" "$description" | sendmail root 
         printf "script submitted. thanks! :)\n"
         ;;