diff --git a/tools/ecoPCRFormat.py b/tools/ecoPCRFormat.py
index 3acb26c..cbc20af 100755
--- a/tools/ecoPCRFormat.py
+++ b/tools/ecoPCRFormat.py
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ def parseFasta(seq):
         field = title[1].split('; ')
     else:
         field=[]
-    info = dict(x.split('=') for x in field if '=' in x)
+    info = dict(x.split('=',1) for x in field if '=' in x)
     definition = ' '.join([x for x in field if '=' not in x])
-    seq=(''.join([x.strip() for x in seq[1:]])).upper()
+    seq=(''.join([x.strip() for x in seq[1:]])).upper()   
     return id,seq,definition,info