diff --git a/csst_common/file_recorder.py b/csst_common/file_recorder.py
index f83caa91c71ec9c521f08683ff09d57fc5183ada..e0d718144a074294d522b52c8f677b96c18611a9 100644
--- a/csst_common/file_recorder.py
+++ b/csst_common/file_recorder.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class FileRecorder(list):
             t, max_lines=-1, max_width=-1, show_name=True, show_unit=None, show_dtype=False, align="<")
         if outs['show_length']:
             lines.append(f'Length = {len(self)} rows')
-        return f"[{self.summary}]\n".join(lines)
+        return f"[{self.summary}]\n" + "\n".join(lines)
 
     @property
     def summary(self):