diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/popups/custom-text-popup.ts b/frontend/src/ts/popups/custom-text-popup.ts
index 1cf28a1cd..54382428d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/popups/custom-text-popup.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/popups/custom-text-popup.ts
@@ -236,10 +236,13 @@ function apply(): void {
   //replace zero width characters
   text = text.replace(/[\u200B-\u200D\u2060\uFEFF]/g, "");
 
-  text = text.replace(/\\\\t/gm, "\t");
-  text = text.replace(/\\\\n/gm, "\n");
-  text = text.replace(/\\t/gm, "\t");
-  text = text.replace(/\\n/gm, "\n");
+  if ($(`${popup} .replaceControlCharacters input`).prop("checked")) {
+    text = text.replace(/\\\\t/gm, "\t");
+    text = text.replace(/\\\\n/gm, "\n");
+    text = text.replace(/\\t/gm, "\t");
+    text = text.replace(/\\n/gm, "\n");
+  }
+
   text = text.replace(/ +/gm, " ");
   // text = text.replace(/(\r\n)+/g, "\r\n");
   // text = text.replace(/(\n)+/g, "\n");
diff --git a/frontend/static/html/popups.html b/frontend/static/html/popups.html
index b3e00ee0c..9234c5b7e 100644
--- a/frontend/static/html/popups.html
+++ b/frontend/static/html/popups.html
@@ -440,6 +440,14 @@
           Standardises typography symbols (for example “ and ” become ")
         </div>
       </label>
+      <label class="checkboxWithSub replaceControlCharacters">
+        <input type="checkbox" checked />
+        <div>Replace control characters</div>
+        <div class="sub">
+          Replace control characters (\n becomes a new line and \t becomes a
+          tab)
+        </div>
+      </label>
       <label class="checkboxWithSub delimiterCheck">
         <input type="checkbox" />
         <div>Pipe Delimiter</div>