diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/lnd.check.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/lnd.check.sh
index c70f28f3..53ac0955 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/lnd.check.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/lnd.check.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ if [ "$1" == "prestart" ]; then
   echo "# sectionExists(${sectionExists})"
   if [ "${sectionExists}" == "0" ]; then
     echo "# adding section [${network}d]"
-    echo "\n[${network}d]" | sudo tee -a ${lndConfFile}
+    echo "
+[${network}d]" | sudo tee -a ${lndConfFile}
   fi
 
   # get line number of [bitcoind] section