diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 4411499..6945c4f 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -83,11 +83,14 @@ bool parse_num(const char *str, ssize_t *val)
 bool parse_line_column(const char *str, ssize_t *line, ssize_t *column)
 {
     bool retval = TRUE;
-    const char *comma;
+    const char *comma, *accept = "m,./ ;";
 
     assert(str != NULL);
 
-    comma = strchr(str, ',');
+    while (*str== ' ')
+	++str;
+
+    comma = strpbrk(str, accept);
 
     if (comma != NULL && column != NULL) {
 	if (!parse_num(comma + 1, column))