diff --git a/tuning/sft_trainer.py b/tuning/sft_trainer.py
index 1d090540e5..0b47255a77 100644
--- a/tuning/sft_trainer.py
+++ b/tuning/sft_trainer.py
@@ -251,11 +251,14 @@ def train(
         ),
     )
 
+    if data_args.response_template:
+        data_args.response_template = data_args.response_template.replace(r"\n", "\n")
+    if data_args.instruction_template:
+        data_args.instruction_template = data_args.instruction_template.replace(r"\n", "\n")
     if data_args.chat_template:
         # TODO: passing "/n" through cli causes parsing issues,
         # hence providing a temporary fix
         data_args.chat_template = data_args.chat_template.replace(r"\n", "\n")
-
         logger.info("adding chat_template to the tokenizer")
         if tokenizer.chat_template:
             logger.warning(