diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.c b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
index de0c122..50417b8 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.c
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static void sound_config_read(LinphoneCore *lc)
        devid=lp_config_get_string(lc->config,"sound","alsadev",NULL);
        if (devid){
                MSSndCard* card;
-               const char* delim=",";
+               const char* delim=";";
                size_t l=strlen(devid);
                char* d=malloc(l+1);
                char* i;