diff --git a/src/common.rs b/src/common.rs
index 23197fc..34320c0 100644
--- a/src/common.rs
+++ b/src/common.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ pub fn ucs2_decode(hex_str: &str) -> EyreResult<BoxStr> {
         .map(|c| u16::from_be_bytes([c[0], c[1]]))
         .collect();
 
-    let str = String::from_utf16(&units)?.into_boxed_str();
+    // SMS bodies use CRLF line breaks; a raw \r reaching the terminal
+    // overwrites the current line.
+    let str = String::from_utf16(&units)?
+        .replace('\r', "")
+        .into_boxed_str();
 
     Ok(str)
 }
diff --git a/src/proc_get.rs b/src/proc_get.rs
index aea5fa8..16c0422 100644
--- a/src/proc_get.rs
+++ b/src/proc_get.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ impl Show for SmsInbox {
 
         for message in &self.messages {
             let id = message.id.to_string();
-            let content = truncate_chars(message.content.trim(), 24);
+            let content = message.content.trim().replace('\n', " ");
+            let content = truncate_chars(&content, 24);
             let tag = message.tag.to_string();
             let date = message.date.to_string();