diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index f3bd202..6984388 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
           preCommands: |
             echo "*** pre commands ***"
-            echo "[[d1_databases]]\nbinding=\"DATABASE\"\ndatabase_name=\"wildebeest-${{ github.actor }}\"\ndatabase_id=\"${{ env.d1_id }}\"" >> wrangler.toml
+            echo -e "[[d1_databases]]\nbinding=\"DATABASE\"\ndatabase_name=\"wildebeest-${{ github.actor }}\"\ndatabase_id=\"${{ env.d1_id }}\"" >> wrangler.toml
             echo "******"
         env:
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}