diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py
index 4a640f696fe7..f22f6ed51189 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def load_config(self, config_path):
             if try_config_parsing:
                 # TowerCLI used to support a config file with a missing [general] section by prepending it if missing
                 if '[general]' not in config_string:
-                    config_string = '[general]{0}'.format(config_string)
+                    config_string = '[general]\n{0}'.format(config_string)
 
                 config = ConfigParser()