diff --git a/src/input/readers/Ascii.cc b/src/input/readers/Ascii.cc
index 73821d7cb6..297f8a7136 100644
--- a/src/input/readers/Ascii.cc
+++ b/src/input/readers/Ascii.cc
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ bool Ascii::ReadHeader(bool useCached)
 		pos++;
 		}
 
-	//printf("Updating fields from description %s\n", line.c_str());
+	// printf("Updating fields from description %s\n", line.c_str());
 	columnMap.clear();
 
 	for ( int i = 0; i < NumFields(); i++ )
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ bool Ascii::GetLine(string& str)
 		if ( str[0] != '#' )
 			return true;
 
-		if ( str.compare(0,8, "#fields\t") == 0 )
+		if ( ( str.compare(0,7, "#fields") == 0 ) && ( str[7] == separator[0] ) )
 			{
 			str = str.substr(8);
 			return true;
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/event.bro b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/event.bro
index d275cee59c..f07ca0c43e 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/event.bro
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/event.bro
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ event line(description: Input::EventDescription, tpe: Input::Event, i: int, b: b
 event bro_init()
 	{
 	try = 0;
-    outfile = open("../out");
+	outfile = open("../out");
 	Input::add_event([$source="../input.log", $name="input", $fields=Val, $ev=line]);
 	Input::remove("input");
 	}