diff --git a/src/vlib/unix/cli.c b/src/vlib/unix/cli.c
index b0ed9d2..6e566d1 100644
--- a/src/vlib/unix/cli.c
+++ b/src/vlib/unix/cli.c
@@ -2557,6 +2557,8 @@
 		   format_timeval, 0 /* current bat-time */ ,
 		   0 /* current bat-format */ ,
 		   cli_file_index, cf->current_command);
+      if (cf->current_command[vec_len (cf->current_command) - 1] != '\n')
+	lv = format (lv, "\n");
       int rv __attribute__ ((unused)) = write (um->log_fd, lv, vec_len (lv));
     }