diff --git a/hash-files b/hash-files
index c2a5a0c..62ab707 100755
--- a/hash-files
+++ b/hash-files
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ mdls_per_file () {
 		fi
 		IFS=$old_IFS
 	done
-	printf '%s' $mdls_properties
+	old_IFS=$IFS
+	IFS=',';printf '%s' $mdls_properties;IFS=$old_IFS
 }