diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/NoSwappiness.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/NoSwappiness.kt
index 94ffb13..260a7f4 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/NoSwappiness.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/NoSwappiness.kt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ import java.io.File
 
 fun Prov.configureNoSwappiness() = task {
     // set swappiness to 0
-    addTextToFile("vm.swappiness=0", File("/etc/sysctl.conf"), sudo = true)
+    addTextToFile("\nvm.swappiness=0\n", File("/etc/sysctl.conf"), sudo = true)
 }
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