diff --git a/lib/whenever/command_line.rb b/lib/whenever/command_line.rb
index d1bd514..74c8a3a 100644
--- a/lib/whenever/command_line.rb
+++ b/lib/whenever/command_line.rb
@@ -108,11 +108,15 @@ module Whenever
     end
     
     def prepare(contents)
-      # Some cron implementations require all non-comment lines to be newline-terminated.
-      # Preserve any whitespace at the end of contents. (issue #95)
-      stripped_contents = contents.strip
-      tail = contents[stripped_contents.length..-1]
-      stripped_contents.split("\n")[@options[:cut]..-1].join("\n") + tail
+      # Strip n lines from the top of the file as specified by the :cut option.
+      # Use split with a -1 limit option to ensure the join is able to rebuild
+      # the file with all of the original seperators in-tact.
+      stripped_contents = contents.split($/,-1)[@options[:cut]..-1].join($/)
+
+      # Some cron implementations require all non-comment lines to be newline-
+      # terminated. (issue #95) Strip all newlines and replace with the default 
+      # platform record seperator ($/)
+      stripped_contents.gsub!(/\s+$/, $/)
     end
     
     def comment_base