diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/longTagFixer.js b/chrome/content/zotero/longTagFixer.js
index d456d6346..8e9bc3d86 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/longTagFixer.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/longTagFixer.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var Zotero_Long_Tag_Fixer = new function () {
 	
 	this.init = function () {
 		document.getElementById('zotero-old-tag').value = _oldTag;
+		document.getElementById('zotero-old-tag-delimiter').nextSibling.value = 'character'; // TODO: localize
 		
 		var lastMode = Zotero.Prefs.get('lastLongTagMode');
 		if (!lastMode) {
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/longTagFixer.xul b/chrome/content/zotero/longTagFixer.xul
index 87f60655d..768a9c3b2 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/longTagFixer.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/longTagFixer.xul
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
 			<vbox>
 				<hbox align="center">
 					<label>Split at the </label>
-					<textbox id="zotero-old-tag-delimiter" size="1" maxlength="1" value=";"
-						oninput="Zotero_Long_Tag_Fixer.updateTagList()"/>
-					<label>character</label>
+					<!--  // TODO: localize -->
+					<textbox id="zotero-old-tag-delimiter" size="1" value=";"
+						oninput="this.nextSibling.value = this.value.length > 1  ? 'characters' : 'character'; Zotero_Long_Tag_Fixer.updateTagList();"/>
+					<label/>
 				</hbox>
 				
 				<separator class="thin"/>