diff --git a/lxc/execute b/lxc/execute
index d7e5b22..824b578 100755
--- a/lxc/execute
+++ b/lxc/execute
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mkdir -p $basepath/tmp/$epoch
 chmod 777 $basepath/tmp/$epoch
 cat $2 > $basepath$filepath
 echo $3 > $basepath$stdinpath
-echo "${@:4}" > $basepath$argpath
+echo -n "${@:4}" > $basepath$argpath
 
 # process incrementor
 exec 200>$dir/lockfile
diff --git a/lxc/executors/emacs b/lxc/executors/emacs
index bf586e4..ab41624 100755
--- a/lxc/executors/emacs
+++ b/lxc/executors/emacs
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 cd /tmp/$2
-if [[ -z $(grep '[^[:space:]]' args.args) ]]; then
-    timeout -s KILL 3 emacs -Q --script code.code < stdin.stdin
-else
-    timeout -s KILL 3 xargs -a args.args -d '\n' emacs -Q --script code.code < stdin.stdin
-fi
+timeout -s KILL 3 xargs -a args.args -d '\n' emacs -Q --script code.code < stdin.stdin