diff --git a/CompilePalX/Compiling/CompilingManager.cs b/CompilePalX/Compiling/CompilingManager.cs
index 3b6c1b9..a823bfa 100644
--- a/CompilePalX/Compiling/CompilingManager.cs
+++ b/CompilePalX/Compiling/CompilingManager.cs
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ private static void CompileThreaded(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 
                         ProgressManager.Progress += (1d / ConfigurationManager.CompileProcesses.Count(c => c.Metadata.DoRun &&
                             c.PresetDictionary.ContainsKey(ConfigurationManager.CurrentPreset))) / MapFiles.Count;
+
+                        // log empty line to make a space inbetween compile step logs
+                        CompilePalLogger.LogLine();
                     }
 
                     mapErrors.Add(new MapErrors { MapName = cleanMapName, Errors = compileErrors });
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@ private static void CompileThreaded(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         private static void postCompile(List<MapErrors> errors)
         {
             CompilePalLogger.LogLineColor(
-	            $"\n'{ConfigurationManager.CurrentPreset!.Name}' compile finished in {compileTimeStopwatch.Elapsed.ToString(@"hh\:mm\:ss")}", (Brush) Application.Current.TryFindResource("CompilePal.Brushes.Success"));
+	            $"'{ConfigurationManager.CurrentPreset!.Name}' compile finished in {compileTimeStopwatch.Elapsed.ToString(@"hh\:mm\:ss")}", (Brush) Application.Current.TryFindResource("CompilePal.Brushes.Success"));
 
             if (errors != null && errors.Any())
             {
diff --git a/CompilePalX/Compiling/Logger.cs b/CompilePalX/Compiling/Logger.cs
index 05d6749..dab3315 100644
--- a/CompilePalX/Compiling/Logger.cs
+++ b/CompilePalX/Compiling/Logger.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ public static void LogCompileError(string errorText, Error e)
             File.AppendAllText(logFile, errorText);
             OnErrorFound(e);
         }
+        public static void LogLineCompileError(string errorText, Error e)
+        {
+            LogCompileError(errorText + Environment.NewLine, e);
+        }
 
         private static Dictionary<Error, int> errorsFound = new ();
 
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ public static void LogProgressive(string s)
             }
 
             // Log has completed at least 1 line, process it further
-            List<string> lines = lineBuffer.ToString().Split('\n').ToList();
+            List<string> lines = lineBuffer.ToString().Split("\r\n").ToList();
 
             string suffixText = lines.Last();
 
@@ -155,9 +159,9 @@ public static void LogProgressive(string s)
                 Error? error = ErrorFinder.GetError(line);
 
                 if (error == null)
-                    Log(line);
+                    LogLine(line);
                 else
-                    LogCompileError(line, error);
+                    LogLineCompileError(line, error);
             }
 
             if (suffixText.Length > 0)