diff --git a/flat_json_widget/static/flat-json-widget/js/flat-json-widget.js b/flat_json_widget/static/flat-json-widget/js/flat-json-widget.js
index bfacfb9..2645ae9 100644
--- a/flat_json_widget/static/flat-json-widget/js/flat-json-widget.js
+++ b/flat_json_widget/static/flat-json-widget/js/flat-json-widget.js
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ var initJsonKeyValueWidget = function (fieldName, inlinePrefix) {
       var inputs = $(this).find("input"),
         key = inputs.eq(0).val(),
         value = inputs.eq(1).val();
+      // normalize UI representation of \\n fo \n
+      if (value) {
+        value = value.replace(/\\n/g, "\n");
+      }
       newValue[key] = value;
     });
 
diff --git a/flat_json_widget/templates/flat_json_widget/flat_json_widget.html b/flat_json_widget/templates/flat_json_widget/flat_json_widget.html
index 1210fdb..24b5df5 100644
--- a/flat_json_widget/templates/flat_json_widget/flat_json_widget.html
+++ b/flat_json_widget/templates/flat_json_widget/flat_json_widget.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ <h2><%= label %></h2>
                 </div>
             <% } %>
             <% for(key in data){ %>
-                <%= _.template(django.jQuery('.flat-json-row-template-inline').eq(0).html())({ 'key': key, 'value': data[key] }) %>
+                <%= _.template(django.jQuery(".flat-json-row-template-inline").eq(0).html())({ "key": key, "value": data[key].replace(/\n/g , "\\n") }) %>
             <% } %>
         </div>