diff --git a/app/assets/remote_scripts/macos.sh b/app/assets/remote_scripts/macos.sh
index a24fc251..4632d421 100644
--- a/app/assets/remote_scripts/macos.sh
+++ b/app/assets/remote_scripts/macos.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# CodeOcean Remote Client v0.5
+# run like this:
+# cd path/to/project_root
+# .scripts/macos.sh .
+
+# CodeOcean Remote Client v0.6
 
 #file_info format: <path/to/file/><file_name>=<id> (src/frog.java=34)
 #file_path format: <path/to/file/><file_name>
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ function get_valid_file_path {
 function get_escaped_file_content {
     file_path="$1"
     cat "$file_path" |
+    perl -p -e 's@\\@\\\\@g' |
     perl -p -e 's@\r\n@\\n@g' |
     perl -p -e 's@\n@\\n@g' |
     perl -p -e 's@"@\\"@g'
diff --git a/app/assets/remote_scripts/ubuntu.sh b/app/assets/remote_scripts/ubuntu.sh
index 8c56f820..db5a970d 100644
--- a/app/assets/remote_scripts/ubuntu.sh
+++ b/app/assets/remote_scripts/ubuntu.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# CodeOcean Remote Client v0.5
+# run like this:
+# cd path/to/project_root
+# .scripts/ubuntu.sh .
+
+# CodeOcean Remote Client v0.6
 
 #file_info format: <path/to/file/><file_name>=<id> (src/frog.java=34)
 #file_path format: <path/to/file/><file_name>
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ function get_valid_file_path {
 function get_escaped_file_content {
     file_path="$1"
     cat "$file_path" |
+    perl -p -e 's@\\@\\\\@g' |
     perl -p -e 's@\r\n@\\n@g' |
     perl -p -e 's@\n@\\n@g' |
     perl -p -e 's@"@\\"@g'
diff --git a/app/assets/remote_scripts/windows.ps1 b/app/assets/remote_scripts/windows.ps1
index 3d0ce539..9647d2e5 100644
--- a/app/assets/remote_scripts/windows.ps1
+++ b/app/assets/remote_scripts/windows.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# run like this: powershell.exe -noprofile -executionpolicy bypass -file path\to\client_script.ps1 path\to\project_root
+# run like this:
+# cd path\to\project_root
+# powershell.exe -noprofile -executionpolicy bypass -file .scripts\windows.ps1 .
 
-# CodeOcean Remote Client v0.5
+# CodeOcean Remote Client v0.6
 
 #file_info format: <path/to/file/><file_name>=<id> (src/frog.java=34)
 #file_path format: <path/to/file/><file_name>
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ function get_file ($file_path){
 
 function get_escaped_file_content ($file){
     $content = [IO.File]::ReadAllText($file.fullname)
+    $content = $content.replace('\', '\\')
     $content = $content -replace "`r`n", '\n'
     $content = $content -replace "`n", '\n'
     $content = $content.replace('"', '\"')