diff --git a/scribble.go b/scribble.go
index 65844ce..d3e50ea 100644
--- a/scribble.go
+++ b/scribble.go
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ func (d *Driver) Write(collection, resource string, v interface{}) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// add newline to the end
+	b = append(b, byte('\n'))
+
 	// write marshaled data to the temp file
 	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(tmpPath, b, 0644); err != nil {
 		return err