diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 6b73feac6..a04661d5f 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ sub in_hex2( $ ) {
 }
 
 sub in_hex3( $ ) {
-    sprintf '%03x', $_[0];
+    sprintf '0x%03x', $_[0];
 }
 
 sub in_hex4( $ ) {
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
index 6f98bbaea..8bfabd383 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
@@ -565,7 +565,8 @@ sub process_tc_filter( $$$$$$ ) {
 	#
 	# And link to it using the current contents of $rule
 	#
-	emit( "run_tc $rule link $tnum:0 offset at 0 mask 0x0F00 shift 6 plus 0 eat" );
+	emit( "run_tc $rule\\" ,
+	      "   link $tnum:0 offset at 0 mask 0x0F00 shift 6 plus 0 eat" );
 	#
 	# The rule to match the port(s) will be inserted into the new table
 	#