diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.model/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/model/dataimport/CommonElementImporter.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.model/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/model/dataimport/CommonElementImporter.java
index ffb1616a1d..3c3abbb02d 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.model/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/model/dataimport/CommonElementImporter.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.model/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/model/dataimport/CommonElementImporter.java
@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ protected static String fullyUnEscapeValue(final String value) {
 		escapedValue = escapedValue.replace("'", "\'"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		escapedValue = escapedValue.replace("
", "\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		escapedValue = escapedValue.replace("	", "\t"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+		escapedValue = escapedValue.replace("\r\n", "\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		return escapedValue;
 	}