diff --git a/.changes/998-bundler-newline.md b/.changes/998-bundler-newline.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c338226cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/998-bundler-newline.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-bundler": patch
+---
+
+add a newline after Categories in deb .desktop file generation to fix issues #899 and #925.
diff --git a/cli/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/deb_bundle.rs b/cli/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/deb_bundle.rs
index 8eb9b7adc..f6e29f8f3 100644
--- a/cli/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/deb_bundle.rs
+++ b/cli/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/deb_bundle.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fn generate_desktop_file(settings: &Settings, data_dir: &Path) -> crate::Result<
   writeln!(file, "[Desktop Entry]")?;
   writeln!(file, "Encoding=UTF-8")?;
   if let Some(category) = settings.app_category() {
-    write!(file, "Categories={}", category.gnome_desktop_categories())?;
+    writeln!(file, "Categories={}", category.gnome_desktop_categories())?;
   }
   if !settings.short_description().is_empty() {
     writeln!(file, "Comment={}", settings.short_description())?;