diff --git a/src/lib/util.c b/src/lib/util.c
index 2c1c0a0..bc4c90b 100644
--- a/src/lib/util.c
+++ b/src/lib/util.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void *memalloc(size_t size)
 {
     void *ptr = malloc(size);
     if (!ptr) {
-        write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error allocating memory\n"); 
+        write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error allocating memory"); 
         return NULL;
     }
     return ptr;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void *estrdup(void *str)
 {
     void *modstr = strdup(str);
     if (modstr == NULL) {
-		write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error allocating memory\n"); 
+		write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error allocating memory"); 
         return NULL;
     }
     return modstr;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ char *replace_home(char *str)
 {
     char *home = getenv("HOME");
     if (home == NULL) {
-		write_log(LOG_ERROR, "$HOME not defined\n"); 
+		write_log(LOG_ERROR, "$HOME not defined"); 
         return str;
     }
     char *newstr = memalloc(strlen(str) + strlen(home));
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void mkdir_p(const char *destdir)
     if (destdir[0] == '~') {
         char *home = getenv("HOME");
         if (home == NULL) {
-			write_log(LOG_ERROR, "$HOME not defined\n"); 
+			write_log(LOG_ERROR, "$HOME not defined"); 
             return;
         }
         /* replace ~ with home */
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void mkdir_p(const char *destdir)
                 continue;
             }
             
-			write_log(LOG_ERROR, "mkdir failed: %s\n", strerror(errno)); 
+			write_log(LOG_ERROR, "mkdir failed: %s", strerror(errno)); 
             free(path);
             return;
         }
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void write_log(int type, const char *fmt, ...)
 		strftime(time, 22, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ", t);
 		char details[2 + type_len + 22];
 		snprintf(details, 2 + type_len + 22, "%s%s", logtype, time);
-		fprintf(log, details);
+		fprintf(log, "%s\n", details);
 		vfprintf(log, fmt, args);
 		fclose(log);
 	}
diff --git a/src/zen/ui.c b/src/zen/ui.c
index 750a4d9..a8e7751 100644
--- a/src/zen/ui.c
+++ b/src/zen/ui.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ void send_message()
 	if (crypto_kx_client_session_keys(shared_key, NULL, kp_from->pk.raw,
 				kp_from->sk, kp_to->pk.raw) != 0) {
 		/* Recipient public key is suspicious */
-		write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error performing key exchange with %s\n", recipient);
+		write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error performing key exchange with %s", recipient);
 	}
 
 	size_t content_len = strlen(content);
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ void send_message()
 
 	if (send_packet(pkt, sockfd) != ZSM_STA_SUCCESS) {
 		close(sockfd);
-		write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Failed to send message\n");
+		write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Failed to send message");
 	}
 	add_message(USERNAME, recipient, content, content_len, time(NULL));
 	free_packet(pkt);
diff --git a/src/zen/zen.c b/src/zen/zen.c
index 9487bcc..2ddd5a7 100644
--- a/src/zen/zen.c
+++ b/src/zen/zen.c
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ void *receive_worker(void *arg)
 		if (crypto_kx_client_session_keys(shared_key, NULL, kp_from->pk.raw,
 					kp_from->sk, kp_to->pk.raw) != 0) {
 			/* Suspicious server public key, bail out */
-			write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error performing key exchange with %s\n", from);
+			write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error performing key exchange with %s", from);
 		}
 
 		/* We don't need it anymore */
 		free(pkt.data);
 		if (crypto_aead_xchacha20poly1305_ietf_decrypt(decrypted, NULL, NULL,
 					encrypted, cipher_len, NULL, 0, nonce, shared_key) != 0) {
-			write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to decrypt data from %s\n", from);
+			write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to decrypt data from %s", from);
 		} else {
 			/* Terminate decrypted data so we don't print random bytes */
 			decrypted[data_len] = '\0';
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void *receive_worker(void *arg)
 int main()
 {
     if (sodium_init() < 0) {
-        write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error initializing libsodium\n");
+        write_log(LOG_ERROR, "Error initializing libsodium");
     }
 	
 	/* Init libnotify with app name */
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ int main()
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	write_log(LOG_INFO, "Connected to server at %s\n", DOMAIN);
+	write_log(LOG_INFO, "Connected to server at %s", DOMAIN);
     if (authenticate_server(&sockfd) != ZSM_STA_SUCCESS) {
         /* Fatal */
         error(1, "Error authenticating with server");
 	} else {
-		write_log(LOG_INFO, "Authenticated to server as %s\n", USERNAME);
+		write_log(LOG_INFO, "Authenticated to server as %s", USERNAME);
 	}