diff --git a/method/search.py b/method/search.py
index 6388d5a..919bd4b 100644
--- a/method/search.py
+++ b/method/search.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class Replace(Method):
     def _execute(self, w, **vargs):
         a = w.application
         a.last_replace_before = self.before = vargs['before']
-        a.last_replace_after = self.after = vargs['after']
+        a.last_replace_after = self.after = vargs['after'].replace('\\n', '\n').replace('\\\\', '\\')
+        # ???
         self.old_window = w
         a.open_mini_buffer('I-Replace: ', lambda x: None, self, None, 'replace')
 class RegexReplace(Method):
diff --git a/mode/replace.py b/mode/replace.py
index 2ac9a8d..f8889de 100644
--- a/mode/replace.py
+++ b/mode/replace.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class SkipReplace(Method):
 
 class ReplaceAll(Method):
     'In a replace command, replace all remaining occurances'
+    # FIXME: this is super slow
     def execute(self, w, **vargs):
         m = w.buffer.method
         while m.p1 is not None: