diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f09c9f8..927ad57 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 setup (
  name = 'torchblaze',
  description = 'A CLI-based python package that provides a suite of functionalities to perform end-to-end ML using PyTorch.',
- version = '1.0.2',
+ version = '1.0.3',
  packages = find_packages(), # list of all packages
  install_requires = install_requires,
  python_requires='>=3.7.0',
diff --git a/torchblaze/template.py b/torchblaze/template.py
index 77123a7..a784201 100644
--- a/torchblaze/template.py
+++ b/torchblaze/template.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def startproject(project: str):
         # same creation logic as the .gitignore file
         f = os.path.join(root_dir, "tests.json")
         with open(f, "w+") as writefile:
-            writefile.writelines(pkg_resources.resource_string('torchblaze', 'template_files/tests.txt').decode('utf-8').split('\n'))
+            writefile.write(pkg_resources.resource_string('torchblaze', 'template_files/tests.txt').decode('utf-8'))
 
             
         # same creation logic as the .gitignore file