2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 32a15e4..5cc3c91 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name='yamlish',
-    version="0.13",
+    version="0.14",
     description='Python implementation of YAMLish',
     author='Matěj Cepl',
     author_email='mcepl@redhat.com',
diff --git a/yamlish.py b/yamlish.py
index 467689a..28e8aea 100644
--- a/yamlish.py
+++ b/yamlish.py
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ class _YamlishDumper(yaml.dumper.SafeDumper):
 
 def str_representer_compact_multiline(dumper, data):
     style = None
-    if '\n' in data:
-        style = '|'
     if isinstance(data, str):
         data = data.decode('utf-8') # assumes all your strings are UTF-8 encoded
+    if '\n' in data:
+        style = '|'
     tag = u'tag:yaml.org,2002:str'
     return dumper.represent_scalar(tag, data, style)