diff --git a/openrecoveryscript.cpp b/openrecoveryscript.cpp
index f6f63dc0..bb472bf8 100644
--- a/openrecoveryscript.cpp
+++ b/openrecoveryscript.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ int OpenRecoveryScript::run_script_file(void) {
 				LOGINFO("command is: '%s' and ", command);
 				val_start = script_line;
 				val_start += cindex + 1;
+				if ((int) *val_start == 51)
+					val_start++; //get rid of = at the beginning
 				strncpy(value, val_start, line_len - cindex - remove_nl);
 				LOGINFO("value is: '%s'\n", value);
 			} else {