diff --git a/plugins/script b/plugins/script
index 2e8fb0d..5300639 100755
--- a/plugins/script
+++ b/plugins/script
@@ -1805,9 +1805,9 @@ string_to_str (const struct item_string *string, struct buffer *buf)
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < string->len; i++)
 	{
 		char c = string->value[i];
-		if      (c == '\n')  buffer_append (buf, "\\\n", 2);
-		else if (c == '\r')  buffer_append (buf, "\\\r", 2);
-		else if (c == '\t')  buffer_append (buf, "\\\t", 2);
+		if      (c == '\n')  buffer_append (buf, "\\n", 2);
+		else if (c == '\r')  buffer_append (buf, "\\r", 2);
+		else if (c == '\t')  buffer_append (buf, "\\t", 2);
 		else if (!isprint (c))
 		{
 			char tmp[8];