diff --git a/src/main/java/ichttt/mclang2json/Lang2JsonConverter.java b/src/main/java/ichttt/mclang2json/Lang2JsonConverter.java
index 8c0ed9d..1ca8957 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ichttt/mclang2json/Lang2JsonConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ichttt/mclang2json/Lang2JsonConverter.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 public class Lang2JsonConverter {
-    public static final String VERSION = "1.8";
+    public static final String VERSION = "1.9";
     public enum FileParseResult {
         SUCCESS, NO_LANG_FILES, ABORT, ERRORS
     }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ private static void parse(File file, File output, boolean keepComments, String m
                 else
                     System.out.println("Remapping key " + split[0] + " to " + key);
 
-                writer.name(key).value(split[1]);
+                writer.name(key).value(fixupNewline(split[1]));
                 if (extraIndent) {
                     extraIndent = false;
                     writer.setIndent(BASE_INTENT);
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ private static void parse(File file, File output, boolean keepComments, String m
         }
     }
 
+    private static String fixupNewline(String s) {
+        return s.replace("\\n", "\n");
+    }
+
     private static String remapKey(String key, String modId) {
         if (key.startsWith("item.") && key.endsWith(".name")) {
       		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder("item.");