diff --git a/files/.local/bin/journal b/files/.local/bin/journal
index 4af91b2..ec0adba 100755
--- a/files/.local/bin/journal
+++ b/files/.local/bin/journal
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ JOURNAL="$HOME/nfs/idk"
 tmp="$(mktemp /tmp/journal.XXXXXX)"
 
 d="$(date -I)"
-grep "$d" "$JOURNAL" || echo "$d" > "$tmp"
+grep "$d" "$JOURNAL" || printf "\n%s\n" "$d" > "$tmp"
 
 nvi "$tmp"
 (cat "$tmp" | tee -a "$JOURNAL") && rm "$tmp"