diff --git a/plugins/postgresql/postgresql_transactions b/plugins/postgresql/postgresql_transactions
index 8c39ac22..f13740a5 100755
--- a/plugins/postgresql/postgresql_transactions
+++ b/plugins/postgresql/postgresql_transactions
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
    echo 'rollbacks.info Number of transaction rollbacks.'
    exit 0
 fi
-psql -h ${dbserver} -U ${dbuser} -tc "SELECT '\ncommits.value '||SUM(xact_commit)::TEXT || '\nrollbacks.value '||SUM(xact_rollback)::TEXT FROM pg_stat_database;"
+psql -h ${dbserver} -U ${dbuser} -tc "SELECT 'commits.value '||SUM(xact_commit)::TEXT||E'\nrollbacks.value '||SUM(xact_rollback)::TEXT FROM pg_stat_database;" --no-align