diff --git a/slapos/recipe/request.py b/slapos/recipe/request.py
index ee8ed8eb0077b6fe4671c4655ab0cce18677a6b6..330f4aff00bf190f64ca0bdb8de32c9fc7f78997 100644
--- a/slapos/recipe/request.py
+++ b/slapos/recipe/request.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Recipe(object):
     self.return_parameters = []
     if 'return' in options:
       self.return_parameters = [str(parameter).strip()
-                               for parameter in options['return'].splitlines()]
+                               for parameter in options['return'].split()]
     else:
       self.logger.warning("No parameter to return to main instance."
                           "Be careful about that...")