diff --git a/burrow b/burrow
index 1ed2be5..0f6985d 100755
--- a/burrow
+++ b/burrow
@@ -495,37 +495,37 @@ function create_config {
     config="$HOME/.config/burrow/config"
     mkdir -p "$(dirname "$config")"
     {
-      echo "config_dir_gopher=\"$HOME/gopher/\""
-      echo ""
-      echo "config_gopher_server=\"sdf.org\""
-      echo "config_gopher_port=\"70\""
-      echo "config_gopher_root=\"/users/username/\""
-      echo ""
-      echo "config_dir_phlog=\"phlog\""
-      echo "config_phlog_gophermap=true"
-      echo "config_phlog_usedate=true"
-      echo "config_phlog_autorss=false"
-      echo ""
-      echo "config_dir_recipebox=\"recipebox\""
-      echo "config_recipebox_gophermap=false"
-      echo "config_recipebox_usedate=false"
-      echo ""
-      echo "config_dir_topics=\"topics\""
-      echo "config_topics_gophermap=true"
-      echo "config_topics_usedate=false"
-      echo ""
-      echo "config_git_commit=false"
-      echo "config_git_push=false"
-      echo ""
-      echo "config_autoindent=true"
-      echo ""
-      echo "config_file_rss=\"rss.xml\""
-      echo "config_gopher_name=\"My Gopher Hole\""
-      echo "config_gopher_desc=\"Gopher Hole Description\""
-      echo "config_rss_num_entries=\"10\""
+      printf "config_dir_gopher=\"%s/gopher/\"" "$HOME\n"
+      printf "\n"
+      printf "config_gopher_server=\"sdf.org\"\n"
+      printf "config_gopher_port=\"70\"\n"
+      printf "config_gopher_root=\"/users/username/\"\n"
+      printf "\n"
+      printf "config_dir_phlog=\"phlog\"\n"
+      printf "config_phlog_gophermap=true\n"
+      printf "config_phlog_usedate=true\n"
+      printf "config_phlog_autorss=false\n"
+      printf "\n"
+      printf "config_dir_recipebox=\"recipebox\"\n"
+      printf "config_recipebox_gophermap=false\n"
+      printf "config_recipebox_usedate=false\n"
+      printf "\n"
+      printf "config_dir_topics=\"topics\"\n"
+      printf "config_topics_gophermap=true\n"
+      printf "config_topics_usedate=false\n"
+      printf "\n"
+      printf "config_git_commit=false\n"
+      printf "config_git_push=false\n"
+      printf "\n"
+      printf "config_autoindent=true\n"
+      printf "\n"
+      printf "config_file_rss=\"rss.xml\"\n"
+      printf "config_gopher_name=\"My Gopher Hole\"\n"
+      printf "config_gopher_desc=\"Gopher Hole Description\"\n"
+      printf "config_rss_num_entries=\"10\"\n"
     } >> "$config"
   else
-    echo "Configuration already exists."
+    printf "Configuration already exists.\n"
   fi
 }
 
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ function main {
   fi
 
   if [[ $flag_version -gt 0 ]]; then
-    echo "$version"
+    printf "%s\n" "$version"
   fi
 
   if [[ $flag_help -gt 0 ]]; then