diff --git a/src/combine.c b/src/combine.c
index 58cfd86c..aacef73c 100644
--- a/src/combine.c
+++ b/src/combine.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void print_combine(struct text_object *obj, char *p, struct information *cur)
 		generate_text_internal(buf[i], max_user_text, *objsub, cur);
 		for(j=0; buf[i][j] != 0; j++) {
 			if(buf[i][j] == '\t') buf[i][j] = ' ';
-			if(buf[i][j] == '\n') {
+			if(buf[i][j] == '\n' || buf[i][j] == 2) { //Some vars like $head use \002 instead of \n to separate lines
 				buf[i][j] = 0;
 				current[i]->row = strdup(buf[i]+nextstart);
 				if(i==0 && (long)strlen(current[i]->row) > longest) longest = (long)strlen(current[i]->row);