diff --git a/symmetric/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/SqlScript.java b/symmetric/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/SqlScript.java
index 71858cf68f..bf0e581e4a 100644
--- a/symmetric/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/SqlScript.java
+++ b/symmetric/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/SqlScript.java
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ public Object doInConnection(Connection connection)
                         line = trimComments(line);
                         if (line.trim().length() > 0) {
                             if (checkStatementEnds(line)) {
-                                sql.append(" ");
+                                if (sql.length() > 0) {
+                                    sql.append("\n");
+                                }
                                 sql.append(line.substring(0, line
                                         .lastIndexOf(delimiter)).trim());
                                 log.debug("Sql", sql);
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ public Object doInConnection(Connection connection)
                                 }
                                 sql.setLength(0);
                             } else {
-                                sql.append(" ");
+                                sql.append("\n");
                                 sql.append(line);
                             }
                         }
diff --git a/symmetric/src/test/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/SqlScriptUnitTest.java b/symmetric/src/test/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/SqlScriptUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdc14b95a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/symmetric/src/test/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/SqlScriptUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.jumpmind.symmetric.db;
+
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.SingleConnectionDataSource;
+
+public class SqlScriptUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimpleSqlScript() throws Exception {
+        SingleConnectionDataSource ds = getDataSource();
+        SqlScript script = new SqlScript(getClass().getResource("sqlscript-simple.sql"), ds);
+        script.execute();
+        JdbcTemplate template = new JdbcTemplate(ds);
+        Assert.assertEquals(2, template.queryForInt("select count(*) from test"));
+        Assert.assertEquals(3, template.queryForObject("select test from test where test_id=2", String.class).split("\r\n|\r|\n").length);
+        ds.destroy();
+    }
+    
+    private SingleConnectionDataSource getDataSource() throws Exception {
+        Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:h2:mem:sqlscript");
+        return new SingleConnectionDataSource(c, true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/symmetric/src/test/resources/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/sqlscript-simple.sql b/symmetric/src/test/resources/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/sqlscript-simple.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b0b353e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/symmetric/src/test/resources/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/sqlscript-simple.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+create table TEST (TEST_ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, TEST VARCHAR(100));
+
+insert into TEST values(1, 'one');
+insert into TEST values(2, 'line1
+line2
+line3');
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