diff --git a/orchestra/apps/domains/backends.py b/orchestra/apps/domains/backends.py
index 1b542be1..fbdc62f4 100644
--- a/orchestra/apps/domains/backends.py
+++ b/orchestra/apps/domains/backends.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ class Bind9MasterDomainBackend(ServiceController):
             # These can never be top level domains
             return
         self.append(textwrap.dedent("""
-            cat -s <(sed -e 's/^};/};\n/' named.conf.local) | \\
-            awk -v s="%(name)s" 'BEGIN { RS=""; s="zone \""s"\"" } $0!~s{ print $0"\n" }' \\
+            cat -s <(sed -e 's/^};/};\\n/' named.conf.local) | \\
+            awk -v s="%(name)s" 'BEGIN { RS=""; s="zone \\""s"\\"" } $0!~s{ print $0"\\n" }' \\
             > %(conf_path)s.tmp""" % context
         ))
         self.append('diff -I"^\s*//" %(conf_path)s.tmp %(conf_path)s || UPDATED=1' % context)