diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7d51c3..6f83a7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -912,6 +912,9 @@ Interactive menu for downloading and managing wordlists from Weakpass.com via Bi
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 ### Version History
 
+Version 2.10.5
+  - Pipal analysis no longer corrupts its input when cracked passwords contain `$HEX[...]` rows. `binascii.unhexlify().decode()` returned the bytes without the trailing newline that normal rows inherit from `password[-1]`, so every HEX-encoded password got concatenated with the next one in the `.passwords` file fed to pipal (e.g. three cracks → two lines, one of them a bogus mashup). Pipal then under-counted entries and reported wrong top base words. The HEX branch now re-appends `\n` so each cracked password lands on its own line
+
 Version 2.10.4
   - Pushover notifications fire correctly for Quick Crack, Loopback, Combinator, PRINCE-LING, and N-gram attacks (#110). The handlers prompted the user under one name (e.g. "Quick Crack") while the underlying hashcat wrapper passed a different `attack_name` to `_should_fire` ("Quick Dictionary"), so the per-run consent lookup always missed. The prompt name now flows down to `_run_hcat_cmd` for both the job-done summary and the per-crack tailer
 
diff --git a/hate_crack/main.py b/hate_crack/main.py
index 7e4c0fd..93dde4a 100755
--- a/hate_crack/main.py
+++ b/hate_crack/main.py
@@ -4220,6 +4220,8 @@ def pipal():
                         clearTextPass = binascii.unhexlify(match.group(1)).decode(
                             "iso-8859-9"
                         )
+                    if not clearTextPass.endswith("\n"):
+                        clearTextPass += "\n"
                     pipalFile.write(clearTextPass)
                 pipalFile.close()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pipal.py b/tests/test_pipal.py
index 407c95a..e740c25 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipal.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipal.py
@@ -46,6 +46,44 @@ def test_pipal_runs_and_parses_basewords(hc_module, tmp_path, capsys):
     assert "pass123" in content
 
 
+def test_pipal_passwords_file_is_newline_separated_with_hex(hc_module, tmp_path):
+    """HEX-encoded cracked passwords must not be glued to the next line.
+
+    Regression: binascii.unhexlify().decode() drops the trailing newline that
+    normal lines retain from password[-1], so HEX rows concatenated with the
+    next password in the .passwords file fed to pipal.
+    """
+    hc = hc_module
+    hc.hcatHashType = "0"
+    hc.pipal_count = 3
+    hc.hcatHashFile = str(tmp_path / "hashes")
+
+    out_path = tmp_path / "hashes.out"
+    out_path.write_text(
+        "hash1:password123\n"
+        "hash2:$HEX[70617373313233]\n"  # "pass123"
+        "hash3:letmein\n"
+    )
+
+    pipal_stub = tmp_path / "pipal_stub.py"
+    _write_executable(
+        pipal_stub,
+        "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n"
+        "import sys\n"
+        "out = sys.argv[sys.argv.index('--output') + 1]\n"
+        "open(out, 'w').write('Top 3 base words\\n'\n"
+        "                    'pass123 1\\n'\n"
+        "                    'letmein 1\\n'\n"
+        "                    'welcome 1\\n')\n",
+    )
+    hc.pipalPath = str(pipal_stub)
+
+    hc.pipal()
+
+    passwords = (tmp_path / "hashes.passwords").read_text().splitlines()
+    assert passwords == ["password123", "pass123", "letmein"]
+
+
 def test_pipal_missing_out_returns_empty(hc_module, tmp_path, capsys):
     hc = hc_module
     hc.hcatHashType = "0"