diff --git a/src/main/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/Header.java b/src/main/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/Header.java
index 725e5ad..bbd243e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/Header.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/Header.java
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ public J visit(Tree tree, ExecutionContext ctx) {
                     final String fixedHeader = fixHeaderLines(licenseHeader,
                                                                 currentHeader, ignoreLines);
 
+                    System.out.println(escapeString(fixedHeader));
+
                     sourceFile = sourceFile.withPrefix(
                             Space.format(fixedHeader + System.lineSeparator()));
                 }
@@ -156,6 +158,18 @@ public J visit(Tree tree, ExecutionContext ctx) {
             return result;
         }
 
+        public static String escapeString(String input) {
+            return input
+                    .replace("\\", "\\\\")
+                    .replace("\n", "\\n")
+                    .replace("\t", "\\t")
+                    .replace("\r", "\\r")
+                    .replace("\b", "\\b")
+                    .replace("\f", "\\f")
+                    .replace("\"", "\\\"")
+                    .replace("\'", "\\'");
+        }
+
         private String extractCurrentHeader(JavaSourceFile sourceFile) {
             return sourceFile.getComments().stream()
                     .map(comment -> comment.printComment(getCursor()))
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/header/config.xml b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/header/config.xml
index eb94d5d..bbb3b02 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/header/config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/header/config.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
         "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
         "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
 <module name="Checker">
-    <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
 
     <module name="Header">
         <property name="headerFile" value="src/test/resources/org/checkstyle/autofix/recipe/header/header.txt"/>
         <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
         <property name="ignoreLines" value="3"/>
-        <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
     </module>
 
 </module>
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