diff -r 6bb7abecbe5c65886310eb694c6dabe8cbb7aaf3 -r 7518b6265aa01bc33e8ad80cf578314593acab38 include/csvpp.h
--- a/include/csvpp.h	Tue Mar 25 22:21:46 2014 -0500
+++ b/include/csvpp.h	Tue Mar 25 22:32:45 2014 -0500
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 		private:
 			std::vector<std::string> header;
 			bool skipheader;
-			char delimiter_char;
+			std::string delimiter_char; // this is a string because the split function helper is expecting a string, but really this is just a char
 		public:
 			const char * newline;
 			// Adding support for custom delimiter character
 			// Based on the patch by Hanifa
 			// https://code.google.com/p/csvpp/issues/detail?id=2
-			RowReader(char delimiter_char = ',', bool skipheader=false,const char * newline="\n") : skipheader(skipheader), newline(newline) { }
+			RowReader(std::string delimiter_char = ',', bool skipheader=false,const char * newline="\n") : skipheader(skipheader), newline(newline) { }
 			void clear() { header.clear(); }
 			friend std::istream & operator>>(std::istream & os, RowReader & r);
 			friend std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & os, const RowWriter & r);
diff -r 6bb7abecbe5c65886310eb694c6dabe8cbb7aaf3 -r 7518b6265aa01bc33e8ad80cf578314593acab38 src/csvpp.cpp
--- a/src/csvpp.cpp	Tue Mar 25 22:21:46 2014 -0500
+++ b/src/csvpp.cpp	Tue Mar 25 22:32:45 2014 -0500
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 	std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & os, const RowWriter & r)
 	{
+		
 		rowiterator it;
 		if (r.size() == 0)
 			return os;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 		{
 			for(unsigned int i = 0; i < r[0].header.size() - 1; i++)
 			{
-				os << r[0].header[i] << this->delimiter_char;
+				os << r[0].header[i] << r[0].delimiter_char;;
 			}
 			os << r[0].header[r[0].header.size() - 1] << r[0].newline;
 		}
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
 			for(it = r[i].begin(); it != r[i].end(); it++)
 			{
 				if (distance(r[i].begin(), it) != (int)(r[i].size() - 1))
-					os << it->second << this->delimiter_char;
+					os << it->second << r[i].delimiter_char;
 				else
 					os << it->second;
 			}
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
 
 					If we aren't inside of a quote - store the value using the current header 'pointer' and keep scanning
 				*/
-				if (c == r.delimiter_char)
+				if (c == r.delimiter_char[0])
 				{
 					if (startquote)
 					{