diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index b0f7ac32..4c75b1a4 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class Installer:
 		if not (fstab := SysCommand(f'/usr/bin/genfstab {flags} {self.target}')).exit_code == 0:
 			raise RequirementError(f'Could not generate fstab, strapping in packages most likely failed (disk out of space?)\n Error: {fstab}')
 
-		with open(f"{self.target}/etc/fstab", 'a') as fstab_fh:
+		with open(f"{self.target}/etc/fstab", 'a', newline='\n') as fstab_fh:
 			fstab_fh.write(fstab.decode())
 
 		if not os.path.isfile(f'{self.target}/etc/fstab'):