diff --git a/eccs2.py b/eccs2.py
index 56ac10fe148144627bc5067bc15a34aaff8b85b6..80e3255933ea3548af972f57dbdf915458ade34d 100755
--- a/eccs2.py
+++ b/eccs2.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def getDisplayName(display_name):
               elem = elem.replace("'","'")
            if '"' in elem:
               elem = elem.replace('"','\\"')
-           return elem.split(';')[1]
+           return elem.split(';', 1)[1]
 
 
 # Append the result of the check on a file