diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index d3c81ba0..2a34f958 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-06-28  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+
+	* init.c (parse_line): Check for alphanumerics.
+
 2005-06-28  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
 
 	* progress.c (print_percentage): Round the percentage value.
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index db2d2742..097a2bfc 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ parse_line (const char *line, char **com, char **val, int *comind)
   p = line;
 
   cmdstart = p;
-  while (p < end && (ISALPHA (*p) || *p == '_' || *p == '-'))
+  while (p < end && (ISALNUM (*p) || *p == '_' || *p == '-'))
     ++p;
   cmdend = p;