diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 263764c..003bc2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ Debug
 miniscript-cpp.dir
 *.vcxproj*
 *.sln
+
+# Tests fallout
+_*.txt
diff --git a/MiniScript-cpp/src/ShellIntrinsics.cpp b/MiniScript-cpp/src/ShellIntrinsics.cpp
index e54718a..aed1893 100644
--- a/MiniScript-cpp/src/ShellIntrinsics.cpp
+++ b/MiniScript-cpp/src/ShellIntrinsics.cpp
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static IntrinsicResult intrinsic_readLines(Context *context, IntrinsicResult par
 					partialLine = "";
 				}
 				list.Add(line);
-				if (buf[i] == '\n' && i+1 < bytesRead && buf[i+1] == '\r') i++;
+				if (buf[i] == '\r' && i+1 < bytesRead && buf[i+1] == '\n') i++;
 				if (i+1 < bytesRead && buf[i+1] == 0) i++;
 				lineStart = i + 1;
 			}
diff --git a/MiniScript-cpp/tests/testFileReadLines.ms b/MiniScript-cpp/tests/testFileReadLines.ms
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07d7d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MiniScript-cpp/tests/testFileReadLines.ms
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import "qa"
+
+testDir = "tests/"
+
+testFileReadLines = function
+	fn = file.child(testDir, "_cr.txt")
+	f = file.open(fn, "w")
+	f.write("a" + char(13) + "b" + char(13) + "c")
+	f.close
+	qa.assertEqual file.readLines("tests/_cr.txt"), ["a", "b", "c"]
+	
+	fn = file.child(testDir, "_lf.txt")
+	f = file.open(fn, "w")
+	f.write("a" + char(10) + "b" + char(10) + "c")
+	f.close
+	qa.assertEqual file.readLines("tests/_lf.txt"), ["a", "b", "c"]
+	
+	fn = file.child(testDir, "_crlf.txt")
+	f = file.open(fn, "w")
+	f.write("a" + char(13) + char(10) + "b" + char(13) + char(10) + "c")
+	f.close
+	qa.assertEqual file.readLines("tests/_crlf.txt"), ["a", "b", "c"]
+end function
+
+if refEquals(locals, globals) then testFileReadLines