diff --git a/qsgen2 b/qsgen2
index 9a71060..c9da440 100755
--- a/qsgen2
+++ b/qsgen2
@@ -916,10 +916,11 @@ function _blog_index() {
 
     if (${debug}); then
       _msg debug "_blog_index: Writing ${www_root}/blog/index.html"
+      _msg debug "_blog_index: Content length of blog_index_content: ${#blog_index_content}"
       _msg debug "_blog_index: Content of blog_index_content"
       _msg sub "${blog_index_content}"
     fi
-    echo "$blog_index_content" > ${www_root}/blog/index.html || {
+    printf "%s" "$blog_index_content" > ${www_root}/blog/index.html || {
      echo "Failed to write to ${www_root}/blog/index.html"
      exit 1
     }