diff --git a/test/dateFileAppender-test.js b/test/dateFileAppender-test.js
index 9f28bcf..50a0458 100644
--- a/test/dateFileAppender-test.js
+++ b/test/dateFileAppender-test.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ vows.describe('../lib/appenders/dateFile').addBatch({
             teardown: removeFile('date-file-test.log'),
 
 	    'should load appender configuration from a json file': function(err, contents) {
-	        assert.include(contents, 'this should be written to the file\n');
+	        assert.include(contents, 'this should be written to the file' + require('os').EOL);
                 assert.equal(contents.indexOf('this should not be written to the file'), -1);
 	    }
         },