diff --git a/modules/sep.c b/modules/sep.c
index b4284d7..e3e9916 100644
--- a/modules/sep.c
+++ b/modules/sep.c
@@ -18,49 +18,49 @@ uint8_t version_patch(void) { return 0; }
 const char *module_name(void) { return "sep"; }
 
 static size_t length = 8;
-static char *sep_char = (char[]){'-', '\0'};
+static char *sep_char = "-";
 static size_t sep_char_length = 1;
 
 void init(char **config) {
-	for (char *opt = *config; opt != NULL; opt = *++config) {
-		if (strncmp(opt, "sep", 3) == 0) {
-			char *valstr = opt + 4; // skip 'sep='
-			long value = strtol(valstr, NULL, 10);
+    for (char *opt = *config; opt != NULL; opt = *++config) {
+        if (strncmp(opt, "sep", 3) == 0) {
+            char *valstr = opt + 4; // skip 'sep='
+            long value = strtol(valstr, NULL, 10);
 
-			if (value >= 0) {
-				length = (size_t) value;
-			}
-		} else if (strncmp(opt, "char", 4) == 0) {
-			char *value = opt + 5; // skip 'char='
+            if (value >= 0) {
+                length = (size_t) value;
+            }
+        } else if (strncmp(opt, "char", 4) == 0) {
+            char *value = opt + 5; // skip 'char='
 
-			if (*value != 0) { // todo: see if there are any more characters that should be rejected
-				sep_char_length = strlen(value);
-				sep_char = malloc((sep_char_length + 1) * sizeof(*sep_char));
-				strncpy(sep_char, value, sep_char_length);
-				sep_char[sep_char_length] = '\0';
-			} else {
-				sep_char = NULL;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+            if (*value != 0) { // todo: see if there are any more characters that should be rejected
+                sep_char_length = strlen(value);
+                sep_char = malloc((sep_char_length + 1) * sizeof(char));
+                strncpy(sep_char, value, sep_char_length);
+                sep_char[sep_char_length] = '\0';
+            } else {
+                sep_char = NULL;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 const char *get(void) {
-	char *ret;
+    char *ret;
 
-	if (sep_char == NULL) {
-		ret = malloc(1 * sizeof(*ret));
-		*ret = 0;
-		return ret;
-	}
+    if (sep_char == NULL) {
+        ret = malloc(1 * sizeof(char));
+        *ret = 0;
+        return ret;
+    }
 
-	ret = malloc((length * sep_char_length + 1) * sizeof(*ret));
-	memset(ret, 0, length * sep_char_length + 1);
+    ret = malloc((length * sep_char_length + 1) * sizeof(char));
+    memset(ret, 0, length * sep_char_length + 1);
 
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++)
-		strncat(ret, sep_char, sep_char_length);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++)
+        strncat(ret, sep_char, sep_char_length);
 
-	ret[length * sep_char_length] = '\0'; // just to be sure :-D
+    ret[length * sep_char_length] = '\0'; // just to be sure :-D
 
-	return ret;
+    return ret;
 }