st.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 83fdc6d9c8c3b26fba61dd11b837ca99a80d46d6..8b5ba644af423de6932eec728ccf475d63e3761d 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ 				ptr += size;
 			}
 			/* \n at the end of every selected line except for the last one */
 			if(is_selected && y < sel.e.y)
-				*ptr++ = '\n';
+				*ptr++ = '\r';
 		}
 		*ptr = 0;
 	}