diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2 b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2
index 383a3e0a8a..c53d1c62b5 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ data:
     conn.request('GET', '/api/healthchecks/node', headers={'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % authsecret})
     r1 = conn.getresponse()
     if r1.status != 200:
-      sys.stderr.write('Received http error %i\n' % (r1.status))
+      sys.stderr.write('Received http error %i\\n' % (r1.status))
       sys.exit(1)
     body = r1.read()
     if body != '{"status":"ok"}':