diff --git a/src/perl/irssi-core.pl b/src/perl/irssi-core.pl
index 9a102488..2a0fa57d 100644
--- a/src/perl/irssi-core.pl
+++ b/src/perl/irssi-core.pl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ sub eval_file {
   local($/) = undef;
   my $data = <FH>;
   close FH;
-  local($/) = '\n';
+  local($/) = "\n";
 
   eval_data($data, $id);
 }