diff --git a/references/cli/logs.go b/references/cli/logs.go
index 1fd5d23ba..ba0c17634 100644
--- a/references/cli/logs.go
+++ b/references/cli/logs.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package cli
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/references/appfile"
 )
 
+var re = regexp.MustCompile(`^.*?"([^"]*)"`)
+
 // NewLogsCommand creates `logs` command to tail logs of application
 func NewLogsCommand(c common.Args, order string, ioStreams util.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	largs := &Args{Args: c}
@@ -122,6 +125,10 @@ func (l *Args) printPodLogs(ctx context.Context, ioStreams util.IOStreams, selec
 					}
 				}
 				if show {
+					match := re.FindStringSubmatch(str)
+					if len(match) > 1 {
+						str = strings.ReplaceAll(match[1], "\\n", "\n")
+					}
 					ioStreams.Infonln(str)
 				}
 			case <-ctx.Done():
diff --git a/references/cli/workflow.go b/references/cli/workflow.go
index 8d1880fa2..2619d4891 100644
--- a/references/cli/workflow.go
+++ b/references/cli/workflow.go
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func (w *WorkflowArgs) selectWorkflowStep(msg string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to select step %s: %w", unwrapStepName(w.StepName), err)
 	}
-	w.StepName = unwrapStepID(stepName, w.WorkflowInstance)
+	w.StepName = unwrapStepName(stepName)
 	return nil
 }