diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh b/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
index 1fcdb149..50c93260 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ _get_root() {
     aws_rest GET "2013-04-01/hostedzone"
     while true; do
       if _contains "$response" "<Name>$h.</Name>"; then
-        hostedzone="$(echo "$response" | sed 's/<HostedZone>/#&/g' | tr '#' '\n' | _egrep_o "<HostedZone><Id>[^<]*<.Id><Name>$h.<.Name>.*<PrivateZone>false<.PrivateZone>.*<.HostedZone>")"
+        hostedzone="$(echo "$response" | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/<HostedZone>/#&/g' | tr '#' '\n' | _egrep_o "<HostedZone><Id>[^<]*<.Id><Name>$h.<.Name>.*<PrivateZone>false<.PrivateZone>.*<.HostedZone>")"
         _debug hostedzone "$hostedzone"
         if [ "$hostedzone" ]; then
           _domain_id=$(printf "%s\n" "$hostedzone" | _egrep_o "<Id>.*<.Id>" | head -n 1 | _egrep_o ">.*<" | tr -d "<>")