diff --git a/flucoma/FluidRefData.py b/flucoma/FluidRefData.py
index 648d767..f18dcde 100644
--- a/flucoma/FluidRefData.py
+++ b/flucoma/FluidRefData.py
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ def process_template(template_path,outputdir,client_data,host):
     
     template = env.get_template(host['template'])
     
-    with open(ofile,'w') as f:
+    with open(ofile,'w', newline='\n') as f:
         f.write(template.render(client_data))
             # arguments=client_data['arguments'],
             # attributes=client_data['attributes'],
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ def process_topic(topic_file,template_path,outputdir,host):
     else: 
         raise NameError('{} not found'.format(topic_file))
     
-    with open(ofile,'w') as f:
+    with open(ofile,'w', newline='\n') as f:
         f.write(template.render(
             title=topic_data['title'],
             digest=topic_data['digest'],
diff --git a/flucoma/doc/render.py b/flucoma/doc/render.py
index 4d04ab8..e3b5fde 100644
--- a/flucoma/doc/render.py
+++ b/flucoma/doc/render.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def client(client, client_index, args, driver):
     client_data['messages'] =  ContextView(client_data.pop('messages'))
     
     with add_context(client):
-        with open(ofile,'w',encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        with open(ofile,'w',encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as f:
             f.write(template.render(client_data, 
                                     index=client_index, 
                                     driver = driver, 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def topic(topic_data,client_index,args,driver):
     template = env.get_template(driver['topic_template'])
     logging.info(f"{topic_data['name']}: Making {ofile}")
     
-    with open(ofile,'w',encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    with open(ofile,'w',encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as f:
         f.write(template.render(
             title=topic_data['title'],
             digest=topic_data['digest'],