diff --git a/desktop-file-utils.yaml b/desktop-file-utils.yaml
index 32267a2..0b97068 100644
--- a/desktop-file-utils.yaml
+++ b/desktop-file-utils.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version_control: git
 src_repo: https://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xdg/desktop-file-utils
-tag_prefix: ^
-seperator: .
+tag_prefix: "^"
+seperator: "."