diff --git a/lib/template/adapters/ejs/template.js b/lib/template/adapters/ejs/template.js
index 1dc17489..455e6d92 100644
--- a/lib/template/adapters/ejs/template.js
+++ b/lib/template/adapters/ejs/template.js
@@ -171,8 +171,13 @@ ejs.Template.prototype = new function () {
   this.scanLine = function (line) {
     var _this = this;
     var _addOutput = function () {
+      // Preserve literal slashes
+      line = line.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
+      // Convert linebreaks
       line = line.replace(/\n/, '\\n');
-      line = line.replace(/\r/, '');
+      line = line.replace(/\r/, '\\r');
+      // Escape double-quotes -- this will be the delimiter
+      // during execution
       line = line.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
       _this.source += '_output += "' + line + '";';
     };