diff --git a/include/types.h b/include/types.h
index 85783472c..67a91b1f0 100644
--- a/include/types.h
+++ b/include/types.h
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 #ifndef TYPES_H
 #define TYPES_H
 
+#ifdef _WIN
+#define EOL "\r\n"
+#else
+#define EOL "\n"
+#endif
+
 typedef struct
 {
   uint salt_buf[16];
diff --git a/src/hashcat.c b/src/hashcat.c
index 1f95f17f8..b205cc84d 100644
--- a/src/hashcat.c
+++ b/src/hashcat.c
@@ -907,15 +907,7 @@ void status_display_machine_readable ()
    * flush
    */
 
-  #ifdef _WIN
-  fputc ('\r', out);
-  fputc ('\n', out);
-  #endif
-
-  #ifdef _POSIX
-  fputc ('\n', out);
-  #endif
-
+  fputs (EOL, out);
   fflush (out);
 }