diff --git a/core/server/api_container/server/api_container_service.go b/core/server/api_container/server/api_container_service.go
index ef6bd1cd87..d82e98a173 100644
--- a/core/server/api_container/server/api_container_service.go
+++ b/core/server/api_container/server/api_container_service.go
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ func getTextRepresentation(reader io.Reader, lineCount int) (*string, error) {
 				return nil, stacktrace.NewError("File has no text representation because '%v' is not printable", char)
 			}
 		}
-		textRepresentation.WriteString(line)
+		textRepresentation.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", line))
 	}
 
 	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
diff --git a/core/server/api_container/server/api_container_service_test.go b/core/server/api_container/server/api_container_service_test.go
index 30fc3f1aea..c4e66b0226 100644
--- a/core/server/api_container/server/api_container_service_test.go
+++ b/core/server/api_container/server/api_container_service_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/api/golang/core/kurtosis_core_rpc_api_bindings"
 	"github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/container-engine-lib/lib/backend_interface/objects/port_spec"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -35,3 +36,17 @@ func TestOneToOneApiAndPortSpecProtoMapping(t *testing.T) {
 		seenPortSpecProtos[portSpecProto] = apiPortProto
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetTextRepresentation(t *testing.T) {
+	input := `my
+line
+input
+`
+	expectedOutput := `my
+line
+`
+	output, err := getTextRepresentation(strings.NewReader(input), 2)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, output)
+	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput, *output)
+}
diff --git a/internal_testsuites/golang/testsuite/upload_download_files_test/upload_download_file_test.go b/internal_testsuites/golang/testsuite/upload_download_files_test/upload_download_file_test.go
index a5b553da52..8fdd1f3a39 100644
--- a/internal_testsuites/golang/testsuite/upload_download_files_test/upload_download_file_test.go
+++ b/internal_testsuites/golang/testsuite/upload_download_files_test/upload_download_file_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const (
 	archiveDirectoryTestPattern    = "upload-test-golang-"
 	archiveSubDirectoryTestPattern = "sub-folder-"
 	archiveFileTestPattern         = "test-file-"
-	archiveTestFileContent         = "This file is for testing purposes."
+	archiveTestFileContent         = "This file is for testing purposes.\n"
 
 	numberOfTempTestFilesToCreateInSubDir     = 3
 	numberOfTempTestFilesToCreateInArchiveDir = 1