diff --git a/src/m_binbuf.c b/src/m_binbuf.c
index 6c7a8af943ad426601c081465b72df21a5e66c6f..6caff17af6f961a38a8e2604e9493bcd39be26e1 100644
--- a/src/m_binbuf.c
+++ b/src/m_binbuf.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void binbuf_addsemi(t_binbuf *x)
     t_atom a;
     SETSEMI(&a);
     binbuf_add(x, 1, &a);
-    binbuf_add(x, 1, '\0');
+    //binbuf_add(x, 1, '\0');
 }
 
 /* Supply atoms to a binbuf from a message, making the opposite changes