diff --git a/swank-media.R b/swank-media.R
index 1d7071d0a8b06e7b415a03138e91d43dfcf1482f..59f7d772e9c2e9e67f664b522c180981fa84ef78 100644
--- a/swank-media.R
+++ b/swank-media.R
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ makeMediaReplResult.numeric <- function(value) {
   list(quote(`:write-string`), string, quote(`:repl-result`))
 }
 makeMediaReplResult.complex <- function(value) {
-  string <- deparse(value)
+  string <- paste(deparse(value), sep="", collapse="\n")
   list(quote(`:write-string`), string, quote(`:repl-result`))
 }