diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
index 2cca5d698..71947cf51 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script setup>
 
-import { ref, onMounted, watch } from 'vue';
+import { ref, onMounted, watch, watchEffect } from 'vue';
 import { Button, InputGroup, SingleSelect, FormGroup, TextInput, Checkbox, PasswordInput, NumberInput } from '@cloudron/pankow';
 import { BACKUP_FORMATS, STORAGE_PROVIDERS, REGIONS_CONTABO, REGIONS_VULTR, REGIONS_IONOS, REGIONS_OVH, REGIONS_LINODE, REGIONS_SCALEWAY, REGIONS_EXOSCALE, REGIONS_DIGITALOCEAN, REGIONS_HETZNER, REGIONS_WASABI, REGIONS_S3 } from '../constants.js';
 import ProvisionModel from '../models/ProvisionModel.js';
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ watch(provider, (newProvider) => {
   }
 });
 
+watchEffect(() => {
+  if (!providerConfig.value.mountOptionPrivateKey) return;
+  providerConfig.value.mountOptionPrivateKey = providerConfig.value.mountOptionPrivateKey.replaceAll('\\n', '\n');
+});
+
 onMounted(async () => {
   await getBlockDevices();
 });
diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupSiteConfigDialog.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupSiteConfigDialog.vue
index e48a10b56..766dc9bc0 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupSiteConfigDialog.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupSiteConfigDialog.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script setup>
 
-import { ref, useTemplateRef } from 'vue';
+import { ref, useTemplateRef, watch } from 'vue';
 import { MaskedInput, Dialog, FormGroup, TextInput, Checkbox } from '@cloudron/pankow';
 import { prettyBinarySize } from '@cloudron/pankow/utils';
 import { s3like, mountlike, regionName } from  '../utils.js';
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ const useHardlinks = ref(false);
 const chown = ref(false);
 const preserveAttributes = ref(false);
 
+watch(mountOptionsPrivateKey, () => {
+  if (!mountOptionsPrivateKey.value) return;
+  mountOptionsPrivateKey.value = mountOptionsPrivateKey.value.replaceAll('\\n', '\n');
+});
+
 async function onSubmit() {
   busy.value = true;