diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 673b2733b70aaaf917128eda375b19865206356e..3e9851e615287000021e6e09e7a2d729c021639f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ namespace :appcache do
   desc "update the date in the appcache file (in the gh-pages branch)"
   task :update do
     appcache = File.read("cache.appcache")
-    updated  = "# Updated: #{DateTime.now}\n"
+    updated  = "# Updated: #{DateTime.now}"
 
-    File.write("cache.appcache", appcache.sub(/\A(#.*$\n)?/, updated))
+    File.write("cache.appcache", appcache.sub(/^# Updated:.*$/, updated))
   end
 end