diff --git a/processing/pre/spectral_geomCheck b/processing/pre/spectral_geomCheck
index 07ec1da44..e63c5716d 100755
--- a/processing/pre/spectral_geomCheck
+++ b/processing/pre/spectral_geomCheck
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def vtk_writeASCII_mesh(dim,res,data):
   
   cmds = [\
           '# vtk DataFile Version 3.1',
-          'powered by $Id$',
+          string.replace('powered by $Id$','\n','\\n')
           'ASCII',
           'DATASET RECTILINEAR_GRID',
           'DIMENSIONS %i %i %i'%(res[0]+1,res[1]+1,res[2]+1),