diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 0280b2b..995be57 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -741,8 +741,9 @@
 $option = $value
 " "$file"
     else
+        local sep=$(echo -ne "\x01")
         # Replace it
-        sed -i -e "/^\[$section\]/,/^\[.*\]/ s|^\($option[ \t]*=[ \t]*\).*$|\1$value|" "$file"
+        sed -i -e '/^\['${section}'\]/,/^\[.*\]/ s'${sep}'^\('${option}'[ \t]*=[ \t]*\).*$'${sep}'\1'"${value}"${sep} "$file"
     fi
 }