diff --git a/entity-management-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/entitymanagement/web/service/ZohoSyncService.java b/entity-management-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/entitymanagement/web/service/ZohoSyncService.java
index 8a788485..e86bef6d 100644
--- a/entity-management-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/entitymanagement/web/service/ZohoSyncService.java
+++ b/entity-management-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/entitymanagement/web/service/ZohoSyncService.java
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 public class ZohoSyncService extends BaseZohoAccess {
 
   public static final String ZOHO_SYNC_SLACK_TEMPLATE =
-      "%d organisations in Zoho were synchronised with the following actions:\\n"
-          + "created: %d, updated: %d, deprecated: %d, undeprecated: %d, permanently deleted: %d, failed: %d\\n"
+      "%d organisations in Zoho were synchronised with the following actions:\n"
+          + "created: %d, updated: %d, deprecated: %d, undeprecated: %d, permanently deleted: %d, failed: %d\n"
           + "%s";