diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/common/replModel.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/common/replModel.ts
index f3e276042246d0ff6db9436ecee2b16acd6ebd5e..be45bc3742dfaa0bde1b6ced227a493352dc3e97 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/common/replModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/common/replModel.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export class SimpleReplElement implements IReplElement {
 
 	toString(): string {
 		let valueRespectCount = this.value;
-		if (this._count > 1) {
-			valueRespectCount = valueRespectCount + ('\n' + this.value).repeat(this._count - 1);
+		for (let i = 1; i < this.count; i++) {
+			valueRespectCount += (valueRespectCount.endsWith('\n') ? '' : '\n') + this.value;
 		}
 		const sourceStr = this.sourceData ? ` ${this.sourceData.source.name}` : '';
 		return valueRespectCount + sourceStr;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/test/browser/repl.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/test/browser/repl.test.ts
index 288fa962a9e0a63092206d67f0556ac6fa416cba..e8826837f9564802217e921eb207adf4b628c2f5 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/test/browser/repl.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/test/browser/repl.test.ts
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ suite('Debug - REPL', () => {
 		repl.appendToRepl(session, 'third line', severity.Info);
 		elements = <SimpleReplElement[]>repl.getReplElements();
 		assert.equal(elements.length, 3);
-		assert.equal(elements[0], 'first line\n');
+		assert.equal(elements[0].value, 'first line\n');
 		assert.equal(elements[0].count, 3);
-		assert.equal(elements[1], 'second line');
+		assert.equal(elements[1].value, 'second line');
 		assert.equal(elements[1].count, 2);
-		assert.equal(elements[2], 'third line');
+		assert.equal(elements[2].value, 'third line');
 		assert.equal(elements[2].count, 1);
 	});
 
@@ -93,11 +93,13 @@ suite('Debug - REPL', () => {
 		repl.appendToRepl(session, 'third line', severity.Info);
 		const elements = <SimpleReplElement[]>repl.getReplElements();
 		assert.equal(elements.length, 3);
-		assert.equal(elements[0], 'first line\n');
+		assert.equal(elements[0].value, 'first line\n');
+		assert.equal(elements[0].toString(), 'first line\nfirst line\nfirst line\n');
 		assert.equal(elements[0].count, 3);
-		assert.equal(elements[1], 'second line');
+		assert.equal(elements[1].value, 'second line');
+		assert.equal(elements[1].toString(), 'second line\nsecond line');
 		assert.equal(elements[1].count, 2);
-		assert.equal(elements[2], 'third line');
+		assert.equal(elements[2].value, 'third line');
 		assert.equal(elements[2].count, 1);
 	});