diff --git a/src/Task.cpp b/src/Task.cpp
index aa837b587..050fce492 100644
--- a/src/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/Task.cpp
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ void Task::parse (const std::string& input)
         std::string value;
         while (!attLine.eos ())
         {
-          if (attLine.getUntil (':', name) &&
-              attLine.skip (':')           &&
+          if (attLine.getUntilAscii (':', name) &&
+              attLine.skip (':')                &&
               attLine.getQuoted ('"', value))
           {
 #ifdef PRODUCT_TASKWARRIOR