diff --git a/DiscordNodes/Communication/Discord.cs b/DiscordNodes/Communication/Discord.cs
index 81f8067b..ca19b42a 100644
--- a/DiscordNodes/Communication/Discord.cs
+++ b/DiscordNodes/Communication/Discord.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public class Discord: Node
             string title = args.ReplaceVariables(this.Title)?.EmptyAsNull() ??
                            this.MessageType?.EmptyAsNull() ?? "Information";
 
+            // replace new lines
+            message = message.Replace("\\r\\n", "\r\n");
+            message = message.Replace("\\n", "\n");
+
             object webhook;
             if (this.MessageType == "Basic")
             {
diff --git a/DiscordNodes/Tests/DiscordTests.cs b/DiscordNodes/Tests/DiscordTests.cs
index 813c6a56..296f6cde 100644
--- a/DiscordNodes/Tests/DiscordTests.cs
+++ b/DiscordNodes/Tests/DiscordTests.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ public class DiscordTests
         };
 
         var node = new Discord();
-        node.Message = "a message";
-        Assert.AreEqual(1, node.Execute(args));
+        node.Message = "a message\nwith\nsome\nnewlines";
+        var result = node.Execute(args);
+        Assert.AreEqual(1, result);
     }
 
     [TestMethod]