diff --git a/main/Main.scala b/main/Main.scala
index bfa7dafaf..1c547f67b 100644
--- a/main/Main.scala
+++ b/main/Main.scala
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ object BuiltinCommands
 	{
 		import extracted._
 		val append = Load.transformSettings(Load.projectScope(currentRef), currentRef.build, rootProject, settings)
-		session.appendSettings( append map (a => (a, arg)))
+		session.appendSettings( append map (a => (a, arg.split('\n').toList)))
 	}
 	def inspect = Command(InspectCommand, inspectBrief, inspectDetailed)(inspectParser) { case (s, (option, sk)) => 
 		logger(s).info(inspectOutput(s, option, sk))
diff --git a/main/SessionSettings.scala b/main/SessionSettings.scala
index 3d0cff4f4..ca5511a66 100755
--- a/main/SessionSettings.scala
+++ b/main/SessionSettings.scala
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ final case class SessionSettings(currentBuild: URI, currentProject: Map[URI, Str
 }
 object SessionSettings
 {
-	type SessionSetting = (Setting[_], String)
+	type SessionSetting = (Setting[_], List[String])
 	type SessionMap = Map[ProjectRef, Seq[SessionSetting]]
 
 	def reapply(session: SessionSettings, s: State): State =
@@ -109,9 +109,8 @@ object SessionSettings
 				val RangePosition(_, r@LineRange(start, end)) = s.pos
 				def depends(s: Setting[_]) = !s.init.dependencies.isEmpty
 				settings find (_._1.key == s.key) match {
-					case Some(ss@(ns, text)) if !depends(s) && !depends(ns) =>
+					case Some(ss@(ns, newLines)) if !depends(s) && !depends(ns) =>
 						val shifted = ns withPos RangePosition(path, LineRange(start - offs, start - offs + 1))
-						val newLines = text.split('\n').toList
 						(offs + end - start - newLines.size, shifted::olds, ss::repl, lineMap + (start -> (end, newLines)))
 					case _ =>
 						val shifted = s withPos RangePosition(path, r shift -offs)
@@ -129,12 +128,12 @@ object SessionSettings
 		}
 		val exist = tmpLines.reverse
 		val adjusted = if(!newSettings.isEmpty && needsTrailingBlank(exist)) exist :+ "" else exist
-		val lines = adjusted ++ newSettings.map(_._2 split '\n').flatten.flatMap(_ :: "" :: Nil)
+		val lines = adjusted ++ newSettings.map(_._2).flatten.flatMap(_ :: "" :: Nil)
 		IO.writeLines(writeTo, lines)
 		val (newWithPos, _) = ((List[SessionSetting](), adjusted.size + 1) /: newSettings) {
-			case ((acc, line), (s, text)) => 
-				val endLine = line + text.split('\n').size
-				((s withPos RangePosition(path, LineRange(line, endLine)), text)::acc, endLine + 1)
+			case ((acc, line), (s, newLines)) => 
+				val endLine = line + newLines.size
+				((s withPos RangePosition(path, LineRange(line, endLine)), newLines)::acc, endLine + 1)
  		}
 		(newWithPos.reverse, other ++ oldShifted)
 	}