diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp
index 5bb57359b..5e25d5ece 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/settingswindow.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace
     void parseResolution (int &x, int &y, const std::string& str)
     {
         std::vector<std::string> split;
-        boost::algorithm::split (split, str, boost::is_any_of("x@"));
+        boost::algorithm::split (split, str, boost::is_any_of("@(x"));
         assert (split.size() >= 2);
         boost::trim(split[0]);
         boost::trim(split[1]);