--- rxvt-unicode/src/command.C	2006/07/06 23:48:11	1.314
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/command.C	2006/08/22 13:07:17	1.315
@@ -3676,6 +3676,8 @@
         }
       else if (ch == C0_BEL || ch == CHAR_ST)
         break;
+      else if (ch == C0_SYN)
+        ch = cmd_get8 ();
       else if (ch < 0x20)
         return NULL;	/* other control character - exit */
 
@@ -3685,10 +3687,7 @@
         // stop at some sane length
         return NULL;
 
-      if (ch == C0_SYN)
-        string[n++] = cmd_get8 ();
-      else
-        string[n++] = ch;
+      string[n++] = ch;
     }
 
   string[n++] = '\0';