diff --git a/changes/issue-15515-fix-script-output-formatting b/changes/issue-15515-fix-script-output-formatting
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7332dc4cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/issue-15515-fix-script-output-formatting
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- improve script output text formatting.
diff --git a/frontend/components/Textarea/Textarea.tsx b/frontend/components/Textarea/Textarea.tsx
index 6c18599454..5a068bd624 100644
--- a/frontend/components/Textarea/Textarea.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/Textarea/Textarea.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ interface ITextareaProps {
 
 // A textarea component that encapsulates common styles and functionality.
 const Textarea = ({ children, className }: ITextareaProps) => {
+  // this is to preserve line breaks when we encounter a carriage return character.
+  // We could not find a way to preserve line breaks in the CSS alone for this
+  // character.
+  if (typeof children === "string") {
+    children = children.replace(/\r/g, "\n");
+  }
+
   const classNames = classnames(baseClass, className);
   return <div className={classNames}>{children}</div>;
 };