diff --git a/lib/scm/mercurial.js b/lib/scm/mercurial.js
index 2cf50c7..c69a4e2 100644
--- a/lib/scm/mercurial.js
+++ b/lib/scm/mercurial.js
@@ -15,13 +15,9 @@ inherits(Scm, ParentScm);
 
 Scm.prototype.defaultRev = 'default';
 
-// use 2 invisible separators as fields separator
-Scm.prototype._fieldsSeparator = String.fromCharCode(2063);
-Scm.prototype._fieldsSeparator += Scm.prototype._fieldsSeparator;
-
-// use 2 vertical tabs as arrays separator
-Scm.prototype._arraysSeparator = String.fromCharCode(11);
-Scm.prototype._arraysSeparator += Scm.prototype._arraysSeparator;
+Scm.prototype._arraysSeparator = '\u2064' + '\u2064';
+Scm.prototype._fieldsSeparator = '\u2063' + '\u2063';
+Scm.prototype._linesSeparator = '\u2028' + '\u2028';
 
 Scm.prototype._revTemplate = [
 	'{node|short}',
@@ -94,13 +90,15 @@ Scm.prototype.getChanges = function(rev1, rev2, callback) {
 		function() {
 			self.run({cmd: 'hg', args: [
 				'log', '--rev', rev2 + ':' + rev1,
-				'--template', self._revTemplate + '\n'
+				'--template', self._revTemplate + self._linesSeparator
 			]}, this.slot());
 		},
 		function(err, stdout) {
 			// always skip last line - it's empty and also skip first
 			// rev if we see range
-			var rows = stdout.split('\n').slice(0, rev1 === rev2 ? -1 : -2);
+			var rows = stdout.split(self._linesSeparator).slice(
+				0, rev1 === rev2 ? -1 : -2
+			);
 
 			var changes = _(rows).map(function(str) {
 				return self._parseRev(str);