diff --git a/test/common.nix b/test/common.nix
index 96d9a1d..abeef15 100644
--- a/test/common.nix
+++ b/test/common.nix
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
         client.copy_from_host(str(pathlib.Path(os.environ.get("out", os.getcwd())) / "ca-certificates.crt"), "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")
 
     def curl(target, format, endpoint, data="", extra=""):
-        data = ' '.join(data.replace("\n", "").split())
-        extra = ' '.join(extra.replace("\n", "").split())
         cmd = ("curl --show-error --location"
               + " --cookie-jar cookie.txt"
               + " --cookie cookie.txt"
@@ -63,6 +61,9 @@
         # print(r)
         return json.loads(r)
 
+    def unline_with(j, s):
+        return j.join((x.strip() for x in s.split("\n")))
+
     ''
     + (if (! redirectSSO) then ''
     with subtest("access"):
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
     )
     + (let
       script = extraScript args;
-      indent = indent: str: lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (x: (lib. replicate indent " ") + x) (lib.splitString "\n" script);
+      indent = i: str: lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (x: (lib.strings.replicate i " ") + x) (lib.splitString "\n" script);
     in
       lib.optionalString (script != "") ''
         with subtest("extraScript"):
diff --git a/test/services/deluge.nix b/test/services/deluge.nix
index 7bcffa6..2496e7b 100644
--- a/test/services/deluge.nix
+++ b/test/services/deluge.nix
@@ -27,35 +27,35 @@ let
     with subtest("web connect"):
         print(server.succeed("cat ${node.config.services.deluge.dataDir}/.config/deluge/auth"))
 
-        response = curl(client, "", "${proto_fqdn}/json", extra = """
+        response = curl(client, "", "${proto_fqdn}/json", extra = unline_with(" ", """
           -H "Content-Type: application/json"
           -H "Accept: application/json"
-          """, data = """
+          """), data = unline_with(" ", """
           {"method": "auth.login", "params": ["deluge"], "id": 1}
-          """)
+          """))
         print(response)
         if response['error']:
             raise Exception(f"error is {response['error']}")
         if not response['result']:
             raise Exception(f"response is {response}")
 
-        response = curl(client, "", "${proto_fqdn}/json", extra = """
+        response = curl(client, "", "${proto_fqdn}/json", extra = unline_with(" ", """
           -H "Content-Type: application/json"
           -H "Accept: application/json"
-          """, data = """
+          """), data = unline_with(" ", """
           {"method": "web.get_hosts", "params": [], "id": 1}
-          """)
+          """))
         print(response)
         if response['error']:
             raise Exception(f"error is {response['error']}")
 
         hostID = response['result'][0][0]
-        response = curl(client, "", "${proto_fqdn}/json", extra = """
+        response = curl(client, "", "${proto_fqdn}/json", extra = unline_with(" ", """
           -H "Content-Type: application/json"
           -H "Accept: application/json"
-          """, data = f"""
+          """), data = unline_with(" ", f"""
           {{"method": "web.connect", "params": ["{hostID}"], "id": 1}}
-          """)
+          """))
         print(response)
         if response['error']:
             raise Exception(f"result had an error {response['error']}")