diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9b23d20..802c548 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=olsrd
 PKG_VERSION:=0.5.6-r5
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.olsr.org/releases/0.5
diff --git a/files/olsrd.init b/files/olsrd.init
index f719c45..4cc4e42 100644
--- a/files/olsrd.init
+++ b/files/olsrd.init
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ validate_ifname() {
 
 validate_olsrd_option() {
 	local str="$1"
-	[ -z "$str" -o "$str" != "${str%%[! 	0-9A-Za-z./:_-]*}" ] && return 1
+	[ -z "$str" -o "$str" != "${str%%[! 	0-9A-Za-z./|:_-]*}" ] && return 1
 	return 0
 }