diff --git a/api/src/formatters/fixtures/simple-flat.yaml b/api/src/formatters/fixtures/simple-flat.yaml
index 0f278ae7..7d3e476b 100644
--- a/api/src/formatters/fixtures/simple-flat.yaml
+++ b/api/src/formatters/fixtures/simple-flat.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 term.one: 'Current Plan: {{ project.plan.name }}'
 term two: '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {locales} =1 {locale} other {locales} }'
 TERM_THREE: Export format...
-'term:four': hello there you\nthis should be in a newline
+term:four: hello there you\nthis should be in a newline
diff --git a/api/src/formatters/fixtures/simple-nested.yaml b/api/src/formatters/fixtures/simple-nested.yaml
index dc6e0f1e..fe82c4c9 100644
--- a/api/src/formatters/fixtures/simple-nested.yaml
+++ b/api/src/formatters/fixtures/simple-nested.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ term:
   one: 'Current Plan: {{ project.plan.name }}'
 term two: '{VAR_PLURAL, plural, =0 {locales} =1 {locale} other {locales} }'
 TERM_THREE: Export format...
-'term:four': hello there you\nthis should be in a newline
+term:four: hello there you\nthis should be in a newline
diff --git a/api/src/formatters/yaml-flat.spec.ts b/api/src/formatters/yaml-flat.spec.ts
index 5957b595..58cb8d06 100644
--- a/api/src/formatters/yaml-flat.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/formatters/yaml-flat.spec.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test('should fail if file is malformed, invalid or empty', async () => {
 });
 
 test('should export yaml files', async () => {
-  const result = await yamlFlatExporter(simpleFormatFixture);
-  const expected = loadFixture('simple-flat.yaml');
+  const result = (await yamlFlatExporter(simpleFormatFixture)).toString().split(/\r?\n/).filter(Boolean);
+  const expected = loadFixture('simple-flat.yaml').split(/\r?\n/).filter(Boolean);
   expect(result).toEqual(expected);
 });
diff --git a/api/src/formatters/yaml-nested.spec.ts b/api/src/formatters/yaml-nested.spec.ts
index 0f67b782..6f21ea04 100644
--- a/api/src/formatters/yaml-nested.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/formatters/yaml-nested.spec.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test('should fail if file is malformed, invalid or empty', async () => {
 });
 
 test('should export yaml nested files', async () => {
-  const result = await yamlNestedExporter(simpleFormatFixture);
-  const expected = loadFixture('simple-nested.yaml');
+  const result = (await yamlNestedExporter(simpleFormatFixture)).toString().split(/\r?\n/).filter(Boolean);
+  const expected = loadFixture('simple-nested.yaml').split(/\r?\n/).filter(Boolean);
   expect(result).toEqual(expected);
 });