diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 6e8c083..d67fcc0 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ const core = __importStar(require("@actions/core"));
  */
 function main() {
     try {
-        const name = core.getInput("name");
         const files = [
             {
-                name: name,
+                name: core.getInput("name"),
                 contents: core.getInput("private-key", {
                     required: true,
                 }),
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ function main() {
             },
             {
                 name: "known_hosts",
-                contents: core.getInput("known-hosts") + "\n",
+                contents: prependLf(core.getInput("known-hosts")),
                 options: {
                     mode: 0o644,
                     flag: "a",
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ function main() {
             },
             {
                 name: "config",
-                contents: core.getInput("config") + "\n",
+                contents: prependLf(core.getInput("config")),
                 options: {
                     mode: 0o644,
                     flag: "a",
@@ -74,5 +73,17 @@ function getHomeDirectory() {
     }
     return home;
 }
+/**
+ * prepend LF to value if not empty
+ * @param value the value to prepend LF
+ * @returns prepended value
+ */
+function prependLf(value) {
+    if (value.length === 0) {
+        // do nothing if empty
+        return "";
+    }
+    return `\n${value}`;
+}
 main();
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diff --git a/lib/main.js.map b/lib/main.js.map
index 4b3f004..bb40230 100644
--- a/lib/main.js.map
+++ b/lib/main.js.map
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diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index c837c04..acbc766 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ function main(): void
 {
 	try
 	{
-		const name = core.getInput("name");
 		const files: FileInfo[] = [
 			{
-				name: name,
+				name: core.getInput("name"),
 				contents: core.getInput("private-key", {
 					required: true,
 				}),
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ function main(): void
 			},
 			{
 				name: "known_hosts",
-				contents: core.getInput("known-hosts") + "\n",
+				contents: prependLf(core.getInput("known-hosts")),
 				options: {
 					mode: 0o644,
 					flag: "a",
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ function main(): void
 			},
 			{
 				name: "config",
-				contents: core.getInput("config") + "\n",
+				contents: prependLf(core.getInput("config")),
 				options: {
 					mode: 0o644,
 					flag: "a",
@@ -86,4 +85,20 @@ function getHomeDirectory(): string
 	return home;
 }
 
+/**
+ * prepend LF to value if not empty
+ * @param value the value to prepend LF
+ * @returns prepended value
+ */
+function prependLf(value: string): string
+{
+	if(value.length === 0)
+	{
+		// do nothing if empty
+		return "";
+	}
+
+	return `\n${value}`;
+}
+
 main();