diff --git a/src/runtime/failure.rs b/src/runtime/failure.rs
index c7066d6..f248e2c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/failure.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/failure.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ fn persist_failure_inner(schedule: &Schedule, message: String, config: &Config)
         }
     }
     format!(
-        "{}\nfailing schedule: \"{}\"\npass that string to `shuttle::replay` to replay the failure",
+        "{}\nfailing schedule:\n{}pass that string to `shuttle::replay` to replay the failure",
         message, serialized_schedule
     )
 }
diff --git a/src/scheduler/serialization.rs b/src/scheduler/serialization.rs
index 745253c..e8a8eaa 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/serialization.rs
+++ b/src/scheduler/serialization.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ mod varint {
 
 const SCHEDULE_MAGIC_V2: u8 = 0x91;
 
+const BYTES_PER_LINE: usize = 50;
+const LINE_FEED: u8 = 0x0A;
+
 pub(crate) fn serialize_schedule(schedule: &Schedule) -> String {
     use self::varint::{space_needed, WriteVarInt};
 
@@ -128,12 +131,23 @@ pub(crate) fn serialize_schedule(schedule: &Schedule) -> String {
     buf.write_u64_varint(schedule.len() as u64).unwrap();
     buf.write_u64_varint(schedule.seed).unwrap();
     buf.extend(encoded.as_raw_slice());
-    hex::encode(buf)
+
+    let num_line_feeds = (buf.len() + BYTES_PER_LINE - 1) / BYTES_PER_LINE;
+    let mut hex_buf = vec![0; buf.len() * 2 + num_line_feeds];
+    let mut offset = 0;
+    for chunk in buf.chunks(BYTES_PER_LINE) {
+        hex::encode_to_slice(chunk, &mut hex_buf[offset..offset + chunk.len() * 2]).unwrap();
+        offset += chunk.len() * 2;
+        hex_buf[offset] = LINE_FEED;
+        offset += 1;
+    }
+    String::from_utf8(hex_buf).unwrap()
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn deserialize_schedule(str: &str) -> Option<Schedule> {
     use self::varint::ReadVarInt;
 
+    let str: String = str.chars().filter(|c| !c.is_whitespace()).collect();
     let bytes = hex::decode(str).ok()?;
 
     let version = bytes[0];
diff --git a/tests/basic/replay.rs b/tests/basic/replay.rs
index 74c28c7..04c463c 100644
--- a/tests/basic/replay.rs
+++ b/tests/basic/replay.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{check_replay_roundtrip, check_replay_roundtrip_file, Config, FailurePersistence};
-use shuttle::scheduler::{PctScheduler, ReplayScheduler, Schedule};
+use shuttle::scheduler::{PctScheduler, RandomScheduler, ReplayScheduler, Schedule};
 use shuttle::sync::Mutex;
 use shuttle::{replay, thread, Runner};
 use std::panic;
@@ -136,6 +136,32 @@ fn replay_deadlock3_drop_mutex() {
     runner.run(deadlock_3);
 }
 
+fn long_schedule() {
+    let mut threads = vec![];
+    for _ in 0..100 {
+        threads.push(shuttle::thread::spawn(|| {
+            for _ in 0..100 {
+                shuttle::thread::yield_now();
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+    for t in threads {
+        t.join().unwrap();
+    }
+    // If this would be a `panic!`, downcasting the `catch_unwind` error to `String` fails.
+    assert_eq!(1, 2, "so much work, and all for nothing");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn replay_long_schedule() {
+    check_replay_roundtrip(long_schedule, RandomScheduler::new(1));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn replay_long_schedule_file() {
+    check_replay_roundtrip_file(long_schedule, RandomScheduler::new(1));
+}
+
 // Check that FailurePersistence::None does not print a schedule
 #[test]
 fn replay_persist_none() {
diff --git a/tests/mod.rs b/tests/mod.rs
index 7e00a04..a9a4b19 100644
--- a/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/mod.rs
@@ -111,8 +111,20 @@ mod parse_schedule {
     }
 
     pub(super) fn from_stdout<S: AsRef<String>>(output: S) -> Option<String> {
-        let string_regex = Regex::new("failing schedule: \"([0-9a-f]+)\"").unwrap();
-        let captures = string_regex.captures(output.as_ref().as_str())?;
-        Some(captures.get(1)?.as_str().to_string())
+        let mut schedule = String::new();
+        let mut lines = output.as_ref().lines();
+        for line in &mut lines {
+            if line.eq("failing schedule:") {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        for line in lines {
+            if line.eq("pass that string to `shuttle::replay` to replay the failure") {
+                return Some(schedule);
+            }
+            schedule.push_str(line);
+            schedule.push('\n');
+        }
+        None
     }
 }