diff --git a/python/damask/_config.py b/python/damask/_config.py
index 7adcee9df..671f203a8 100644
--- a/python/damask/_config.py
+++ b/python/damask/_config.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Config(dict):
             Configuration from file.
 
         """
-        fhandle = open(Path(fname).expanduser()) if isinstance(fname, (str, Path)) else \
+        fhandle = open(Path(fname).expanduser(),newline='\n') if isinstance(fname, (str, Path)) else \
                   fname
 
         return cls(yaml.safe_load(fhandle))
diff --git a/python/damask/_result.py b/python/damask/_result.py
index 227685b59..0cc2008aa 100644
--- a/python/damask/_result.py
+++ b/python/damask/_result.py
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ class Result:
             if type(obj) == h5py.Dataset and  _match(output,[name]):
                 d = obj.attrs['description'] if h5py3 else obj.attrs['description'].decode()
                 if not Path(name).exists() or overwrite:
-                    with open(name,'w') as f_out: f_out.write(obj[0].decode())
+                    with open(name,'w',newline='\n') as f_out: f_out.write(obj[0].decode())
                     print(f'Exported {d} to "{name}".')
                 else:
                     print(f'"{name}" exists, {d} not exported.')
diff --git a/python/damask/_table.py b/python/damask/_table.py
index 55342bd32..d8f4d5c6b 100644
--- a/python/damask/_table.py
+++ b/python/damask/_table.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class Table:
             Table data from file.
 
         """
-        f = open(Path(fname).expanduser()) if isinstance(fname, (str, Path)) else fname
+        f = open(Path(fname).expanduser(),newline='\n') if isinstance(fname, (str, Path)) else fname
         f.seek(0)
 
         comments = []
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class Table:
                 else:
                     shapes[label] = (1,)
 
-        data = pd.read_csv(f,names=list(range(len(labels))),sep=r'\s+')
+        data = pd.read_csv(f,names=list(range(len(labels))),sep=r'\s+',lineterminator='\n')
 
         return Table(shapes,data,comments)
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class Table:
             Table data from file.
 
         """
-        f = open(fname) if isinstance(fname, (str, Path)) else fname
+        f = open(Path(fname).expanduser(),newline='\n') if isinstance(fname, (str, Path)) else fname
         f.seek(0)
 
         content = f.readlines()
@@ -597,4 +597,4 @@ class Table:
         f = open(Path(fname).expanduser(),'w',newline='\n') if isinstance(fname, (str, Path)) else fname
 
         f.write('\n'.join([f'# {c}' for c in self.comments] + [' '.join(labels)])+('\n' if labels else ''))
-        self.data.to_csv(f,sep=' ',na_rep='nan',index=False,header=False)
+        self.data.to_csv(f,sep=' ',na_rep='nan',index=False,header=False,line_terminator='\n')