diff --git a/utility/powwow.patch b/utility/powwow.patch
index fa045bb..6334c68 100644
--- a/utility/powwow.patch
+++ b/utility/powwow.patch
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ but in the year 2005 this is still not the case.	-lynX
  #define ESC2		'`'	/* other special escape char */
  #define STRESC2		"`"
 -#define CMDSEP		';'	/* command separator character */
-+#define CMDSEP		'§'	/* command separator character */
++#define CMDSEP		'\\'	/* command separator character */
  #define SPECIAL_CHARS	"{}();\"=" /* specials chars needing escape */
  #define MPI		"~$#E"	/* MUME protocol introducer */
  #define MPILEN		4	/* strlen(MPI) */