diff --git a/parse b/parse
index 224098c..4da8d03 100644
--- a/parse
+++ b/parse
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ function parse() {
     WPSET_REL=$(mktemp /tmp/wpset-releases-XXXXX.json)
     curl -s https://tildegit.org/api/v1/repos/BrendanTCC/brendotools-wallman/tags -o $WPSET_REL
     DOWNLOAD_VERSION=$(cat $WPSET_REL | jq .[0].name | sed s/\"//g)
-    DOWNLOAD_NOTES=$(cat $WPSET_REL | jq .[0].message | sed s/\"//g)
+    DOWNLOAD_NOTES=$(cat $WPSET_REL | jq .[0].message | sed s/\"//g | sed 's/\\n/\
+/g')
     rm $WPSET_REL
 }
 # everything below this comment is entirely for debugging parsing.