diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-passwords b/src/freedombone-utils-passwords
index a2980691..7e63b9e0 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-passwords
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-passwords
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function enforce_good_passwords {
 }
 
 function create_password {
-    openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c ${1} ; echo ''
+    openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c ${1} ; echo -n ''
 }
 
 # NOTE: deliberately no exit 0