diff --git a/libc3/sym.c b/libc3/sym.c
index da9cf28..0b56acd 100644
--- a/libc3/sym.c
+++ b/libc3/sym.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ bool sym_character_is_reserved (character c)
c == ')' ||
c == ',' ||
c == '.' ||
+ c == ':' ||
c == ';' ||
c == '[' ||
c == ']' ||