diff --git a/lib/capistrano/tasks/assets.rake b/lib/capistrano/tasks/assets.rake
index 49b38f1..326a032 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/tasks/assets.rake
+++ b/lib/capistrano/tasks/assets.rake
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace :deploy do
         manifest*.*
       ).each do |pattern|
         candidate = release_path.join('public', fetch(:assets_prefix), pattern)
-        return capture(:ls, candidate).strip if test(:ls, candidate)
+        return capture(:ls, candidate).strip.gsub(/(\r|\n)/,' ') if test(:ls, candidate)
       end
       msg = 'Rails assets manifest file not found.'
       warn msg