diff --git a/src/gsi/gsi/gsiDeclBasic.cc b/src/gsi/gsi/gsiDeclBasic.cc
index bd10db3be..d13aadf68 100644
--- a/src/gsi/gsi/gsiDeclBasic.cc
+++ b/src/gsi/gsi/gsiDeclBasic.cc
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ Class<Interpreter> decl_Macro ("tl", "Interpreter",
   "pya = RBA::Interpreter::python_interpreter\n"
   "out_param = RBA::Value::new(17)\n"
   "pya.define_variable(\"out_param\", out_param)\n"
-  "pya.eval_string(\"print(\\\"This is Python now!\\\")\\nout_param.value = out_param.value + 25\")\n"
+  "pya.eval_string(<<END)\n"
+  "print(\"This is Python now!\")\n"
+  "out_param.value = out_param.value + 25\n"
+  "END\n"
   "puts out_param.value  # gives '42'"
   "@/code\n"
   "\n"