diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ce2e5e020..a144f2e5d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 ### Fixed
 - webxdc: fix a bug where the webxdc was able to open the dev tools.
 Also make opening devtools with F12 more reliable.
+- packaging: fix corrupted .desktop file
 
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diff --git a/build/gen-electron-builder-config.js b/build/gen-electron-builder-config.js
index 03769a9e54..9c8d0a267b 100644
--- a/build/gen-electron-builder-config.js
+++ b/build/gen-electron-builder-config.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ build['linux'] = {
   },
   files: [...files, PREBUILD_FILTERS.NOT_MAC, PREBUILD_FILTERS.NOT_WINDOWS],
   icon: 'build/icon.icns', // electron builder gets the icon out of the mac icon archive
-  description: 'The Email messenger\nWith Delta Chat, you can use your existing Email account as a messenger. End-to-End Encryption with Autocrypt is supported and you can have interactive chat experiences using webxdc apps(https://webxdc.org).',
+  description: 'The Email messenger. With Delta Chat, you can use your existing Email account as a messenger. End-to-End Encryption with Autocrypt is supported and you can have interactive chat experiences using webxdc apps(https://webxdc.org).',
 }
 build['win'] = {
   icon: 'images/deltachat.ico',
diff --git a/electron-builder.json5 b/electron-builder.json5
index ae126b1f2b..10524cc0e2 100644
--- a/electron-builder.json5
+++ b/electron-builder.json5
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
       '!node_modules/deltachat-node/node/prebuilds/win32-x64/${/*}',
     ],
     icon: 'build/icon.icns',
-    description: 'The Email messenger\nWith Delta Chat, you can use your existing Email account as a messenger. End-to-End Encryption with Autocrypt is supported and you can have interactive chat experiences using webxdc apps(https://webxdc.org).',
+    description: 'The Email messenger. With Delta Chat, you can use your existing Email account as a messenger. End-to-End Encryption with Autocrypt is supported and you can have interactive chat experiences using webxdc apps(https://webxdc.org).',
   },
   win: {
     icon: 'images/deltachat.ico',