diff --git a/src/consul/consul.lua b/src/consul/consul.lua
index 9d62efb..108eb4d 100644
--- a/src/consul/consul.lua
+++ b/src/consul/consul.lua
@@ -2863,9 +2863,17 @@ consul.console.write(
 					f:close()
 				else
 					log:debug("Creating example script: " .. consul.scriptum.path_example)
-					f = consul.io_open(consul.scriptum.path_example, "w")
+					-- Detect OS via path separator
+					local is_windows = package.config:sub(1, 1) == '\\'
+					local line_ending = is_windows and "\r\n" or "\n"
+
+					-- Normalize line endings then apply the correct one for the current OS
+					local script_content = consul.scriptum.example_script:gsub("\r\n", "\n"):gsub("\n", line_ending)
+
+					-- Write in binary mode to prevent automatic line ending conversion
+					f = consul.io_open(consul.scriptum.path_example, "wb")
 					if f then
-						f:write(consul.scriptum.example_script)
+						f:write(script_content)
 						f:close()
 					end
 				end
@@ -2907,10 +2915,12 @@ consul.console.write(
 				log:error("Could not open scriptum file, this should never happen " .. path)
 				return
 			end
-			for line in f:lines() do
+			local content = f:read("*a") or ""
+			f:close()
+			content = content:gsub("\r\n", "\n"):gsub("\r", "\n")
+			for line in string.gmatch(content, "[^\n]+") do
 				table.insert(lines, line)
 			end
-			f:close()
 
 			log:trace("Loaded scriptum scripts: " .. consul.inspect(lines))
 
@@ -2998,7 +3008,23 @@ consul.console.write(
 					local index = string.sub(script_name, #ui.scriptum_entry + 1)
 					consul.scriptum.entry = ui.scriptum_entry_text .. index
 
-					local success, err = pcall(dofile, script)
+					local success, err = pcall(function()
+						local script_file, open_err = consul.io_open(script, "rb")
+						if not script_file then
+							error(open_err or ("Could not open script: " .. script))
+						end
+
+						local script_content = script_file:read("*a") or ""
+						script_file:close()
+						script_content = script_content:gsub("\r\n", "\n"):gsub("\r", "\n")
+
+						local chunk, load_err = loadstring(script_content, "@" .. script)
+						if not chunk then
+							error(load_err)
+						end
+
+						return chunk()
+					end)
 
 					-- Clean up after execution
 					consul.scriptum.entry = nil