diff --git a/journal.shf b/journal.shf
index df6c089..8cce293 100644
--- a/journal.shf
+++ b/journal.shf
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ function journal() {
     FILE="${JOURNALDIR}$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')"
     echo "${FILE}"
     if [ ! -f $FILE ]; then
-        echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')\n" >> $FILE
+        echo -e "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')\n" >> $FILE
     else
-        echo "\n" >> $FILE
+        echo -e "\n" >> $FILE
     fi
     echo ">> $(date '+%H:%M:%S')" >> $FILE
     vim +$ ${FILE}