diff --git a/src/background/config_rc.ts b/src/background/config_rc.ts
index 5b86da78..4bf90c88 100644
--- a/src/background/config_rc.ts
+++ b/src/background/config_rc.ts
@@ -59,17 +59,21 @@ export async function runRc(rc: string) {
 }
 
 export function rcFileToExCmds(rcText: string): string[] {
-    // string-join lines that end with /
-    const joined = rcText.replace(/\\\n/g, "")
 
     // Split into individual excmds
-    const excmds = joined.split("\n")
+    const excmds = rcText.split("\n")
 
     // Remove empty and comment lines
-    return excmds.filter(
+    const ex= excmds.filter(
         x =>
             /\S/.test(x) &&
             !x.trim().startsWith('"') &&
             !x.trim().startsWith("#"),
     )
+    const res= ex.join("\n")
+
+    // string-join lines that end with /
+    const joined = res.replace(/\\\n/g, "")
+
+    return joined.split("\n")
 }