diff --git a/mysql_kernel/kernel.py b/mysql_kernel/kernel.py
index 3370920..86b50ce 100644
--- a/mysql_kernel/kernel.py
+++ b/mysql_kernel/kernel.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def do_execute(self, code, silent, store_history=True, user_expressions=None, al
             for v in sql.split(";"):
                 v = v.rstrip()
                 l = v.lower()
+                l = l.replace('\t',' ').replace('\n',' ')
                 if len(l)>0:
                     if l.startswith('mysql://'):
                         if l.count('@')>1: