diff --git a/bin/build-site.sh b/bin/build-site.sh
index 6ffc6e6cf..7450f2d93 100755
--- a/bin/build-site.sh
+++ b/bin/build-site.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ echo "<a href='./plugins/tiddlywiki/tahoelafs/index.html'>Moved to http://tiddly
 
 # Put the build details into a .tid file so that it can be included in each build
 
-echo "title: $:/build\ntext: $TW5_BUILD_DETAILS\n" > $TW5_BUILD_OUTPUT/build.tid
+echo -e "title: $:/build\ntext: $TW5_BUILD_DETAILS\n" > $TW5_BUILD_OUTPUT/build.tid
 
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