diff --git a/apps/open-swe/src/utils/diff.ts b/apps/open-swe/src/utils/diff.ts
index 2f14dc83..73ec71c6 100644
--- a/apps/open-swe/src/utils/diff.ts
+++ b/apps/open-swe/src/utils/diff.ts
@@ -384,8 +384,11 @@ export function fixGitPatch(
 
     const result: string = buildPatch(parsed);
 
-    // If original had literal \n, convert back
-    if (patchString.includes("\\n") && !result.includes("\\n")) {
+    // More robust check for patches that use literal \n as line separators
+    const usesLiteralNewlines =
+      /^[^\\]*\\n/.test(patchString) && patchString.split("\n").length === 1;
+
+    if (usesLiteralNewlines && !result.includes("\\n")) {
       return result.replace(/\n/g, "\\n");
     }
 
diff --git a/apps/open-swe/src/utils/load-model.ts b/apps/open-swe/src/utils/load-model.ts
index aa853648..f1d8704a 100644
--- a/apps/open-swe/src/utils/load-model.ts
+++ b/apps/open-swe/src/utils/load-model.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export async function loadModel(config: GraphConfig, task: Task) {
           thinking: { budget_tokens: thinkingBudgetTokens, type: "enabled" },
           maxTokens,
         }
-      : {}),
+      : { maxTokens: 5_000 }),
   });
 
   return model;