diff --git a/public/javascripts/modules/facebooklist.js b/public/javascripts/modules/facebooklist.js
index 974675a..fba042a 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/modules/facebooklist.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/modules/facebooklist.js
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 */
 
 // Added key contstant for COMMA watching happiness
-Object.extend(Event, { KEY_COMMA: 188, KEY_SPACE: 32 });
+Object.extend(Event, { 
+  KEY_COMMA: {code: 188, value:","}, 
+  KEY_SPACE: {code: 32, value:" "}
+});
 
 var ResizableTextbox = Class.create({  
   initialize: function(element, options) {
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ var TextboxList = Class.create({
       onBoxDispose: $empty,*/
       resizable: {},
       className: 'bit',
-      separator: ',',
+      separator: Event.KEY_COMMA,
       tabindex: null,
       extrainputs: true,
       startinput: true,
@@ -105,9 +108,9 @@ var TextboxList = Class.create({
   },
   
   update: function() {
-    this.element.value = this.bits.values().join(this.options.get('separator'));
+    this.element.value = this.bits.values().join(this.options.get('separator').value);
     if (!this.current_input.blank()){
-      this.element.value += (this.element.value.blank() ? "" : this.options.get('separator')) + this.current_input;
+      this.element.value += (this.element.value.blank() ? "" : this.options.get('separator').value) + this.current_input;
     }
     return this;
   },
@@ -434,19 +437,20 @@ var FacebookList = Class.create(TextboxList, {
       }
     }.bind(this));
     input.observe('keyup',function(e) {
+      var code = this.options.get('separator').code;
+      var splitOn = this.options.get('separator').value;
       switch(e.keyCode) {
-        case Event.KEY_COMMA:
+        case code:
           if(this.options.get('newValues')) {
             new_value_el = this.current.retrieveData('input');
             if (!new_value_el.value.endsWith('<')) {
               keep_input = "";
-              new_value_el.value = new_value_el.value.strip();
-              if (new_value_el.value.indexOf(",") < (new_value_el.value.length - 1)){
-                comma_pos = new_value_el.value.indexOf(",");
-                keep_input = new_value_el.value.substr(comma_pos + 1);
-                new_value_el.value = new_value_el.value.substr(0,comma_pos).escapeHTML().strip();
+              if (new_value_el.value.indexOf(splitOn) < (new_value_el.value.length - splitOn.length)){
+                separator_pos = new_value_el.value.indexOf(splitOn);
+                keep_input = new_value_el.value.substr(separator_pos + 1);
+                new_value_el.value = new_value_el.value.substr(0,separator_pos).escapeHTML().strip();
               } else {
-                new_value_el.value = new_value_el.value.gsub(",","").escapeHTML().strip();
+                new_value_el.value = new_value_el.value.gsub(splitOn,"").escapeHTML().strip();
               }
               if(!this.options.get("spaceReplace").blank()) new_value_el.value.gsub(" ", this.options.get("spaceReplace"));
               if(!new_value_el.value.blank()) {
