diff --git a/registry/anomaly/modules/tmux/scripts/run.sh b/registry/anomaly/modules/tmux/scripts/run.sh
index b3c518c5..440cc373 100755
--- a/registry/anomaly/modules/tmux/scripts/run.sh
+++ b/registry/anomaly/modules/tmux/scripts/run.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ BOLD='\033[0;1m'
 
 # Convert templated variables to shell variables
 SAVE_INTERVAL="${SAVE_INTERVAL}"
-TMUX_CONFIG="${TMUX_CONFIG}"
+read -r -d '' TMUX_CONFIG << 'TMUX_EOF' || true
+${TMUX_CONFIG}
+TMUX_EOF
 
 # Function to install tmux
 install_tmux() {
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ setup_tmux_config() {
   mkdir -p "$config_dir"
 
   if [ -n "$TMUX_CONFIG" ]; then
-    printf "$TMUX_CONFIG" > "$config_file"
+    cat <<< "$TMUX_CONFIG" > "$config_file"
     printf "$${BOLD}Custom tmux configuration applied at {$config_file} \n\n"
   else
     cat > "$config_file" << EOF