diff --git a/bashbot.sh b/bashbot.sh
index 88c74a4..af06291 100755
--- a/bashbot.sh
+++ b/bashbot.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ send_message() {
 	local text="$(echo "$2" | sed 's/ mykeyboardstartshere.*//g;s/ myfilelocationstartshere.*//g;s/ mylatstartshere.*//g;s/ mylongstartshere.*//g;s/ mytitlestartshere.*//g;s/ myaddressstartshere.*//g;s/ mykeyboardendshere.*//g')"
 	local arg="$3"
 	[ "$3" != "safe" ] && {
+		text="$(echo "$text" | sed 's/ mynewlinestartshere /\r\n/g')" # hack for linebreaks in startproc scripts
 		local no_keyboard="$(echo $2 | sed '/mykeyboardendshere/!d;s/.*mykeyboardendshere.*/mykeyboardendshere/')"
 
 		local keyboard="$(echo "$2" | sed '/mykeyboardstartshere /!d;s/.*mykeyboardstartshere //g;s/ myfilelocationstartshere.*//g;s/ mylatstartshere.*//g;s/ mylongstartshere.*//g;s/ mytitlestartshere.*//g;s/ myaddressstartshere.*//g;s/ mykeyboardendshere.*//g')"