diff --git a/xlhtml/Makefile.am b/xlhtml/Makefile.am
index fe450ea..c507728 100644
--- a/xlhtml/Makefile.am
+++ b/xlhtml/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ man_MANS = xlhtml.1
 bin_SCRIPTS = nsopen nsxlview
 bin_PROGRAMS = xlhtml
 LDADD = ../cole/libcole.a -lm
-xlhtml_SOURCES = support.c xlhtml.c html.c ascii.c xml.c setupExtraction.c engine.c
+xlhtml_SOURCES = support.c xlhtml.c html.c ascii.c xml.c setupExtraction.c 
 xldump_SOURCES = xldump.c 
 xlcdump_SOURCES = xlcdump.c 
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith
diff --git a/xlhtml/Makefile.in b/xlhtml/Makefile.in
index 6c00539..3a80086 100644
--- a/xlhtml/Makefile.in
+++ b/xlhtml/Makefile.in
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ man_MANS = xlhtml.1
 bin_SCRIPTS = nsopen nsxlview
 bin_PROGRAMS = xlhtml
 LDADD = ../cole/libcole.a -lm
-xlhtml_SOURCES = support.c xlhtml.c html.c ascii.c xml.c setupExtraction.c engine.c
+xlhtml_SOURCES = support.c xlhtml.c html.c ascii.c xml.c setupExtraction.c 
 xldump_SOURCES = xldump.c 
 xlcdump_SOURCES = xlcdump.c 
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 LIBS = @LIBS@
 xlhtml_OBJECTS =  support.o xlhtml.o html.o ascii.o xml.o \
-setupExtraction.o engine.o
+setupExtraction.o
 xlhtml_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 xlhtml_DEPENDENCIES =  ../cole/libcole.a
 xlhtml_LDFLAGS = 
diff --git a/xlhtml/support.c b/xlhtml/support.c
index 8d777ba..de52484 100644
--- a/xlhtml/support.c
+++ b/xlhtml/support.c
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ display_usage (void)
 {
   fprintf (stderr, "\nxlhtml  converts excel files (.xls) to Html.\n"
 	   "Copyright (c) 1999-2001, Charles Wyble. Released under GPL.\n"
-	   "Usage: xlhtml [-xp:# -xc:#-# -xr:#-# -bc###### -bi???????? -tc######] <FILE>\n"
+	   "Usage: xlhtml [-xp:# -xc:#-# -xr:#-# -bc###### -bi???????? -tc###### -sc:?] <FILE>\n"
 	   "\t-a:  aggressive html optimization\n"
 	   "\t-asc ascii output for -dp & -x? options\n"
 	   "\t-csv comma separated value output for -dp & -x? options\n"
+	   "\t-sc: separator character to use for -csv option (default is ',')\n"
 	   "\t-xml XML output\n"
 	   "\t-bc: Set default background color - default white\n"
 	   "\t-bi: Set background image path\n"
diff --git a/xlhtml/xlhtml.c b/xlhtml/xlhtml.c
index 1f2b745..e9b090a 100644
--- a/xlhtml/xlhtml.c
+++ b/xlhtml/xlhtml.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
    spreadsheets.
 */
 
+
 /*
    Copyright 2002  Charles N Wyble  <jackshck@thewybles.com>
 
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ char *default_text_color = "000000";
 char *default_background_color = "FFFFFF";
 char *default_image = NULL;	/*!< Point to background image */
 int Csv = 0;			/*!< Whether or not to out csv instaed of html */
+char CsvCellSeparator = ',' ;
 int OutputXML = 0;		/*!< Output as xml */
 int DumpPage = 0;		/*!< Dump page count & max cols & rows */
 int Xtract = 0;			/*!< Extract a range on a page. */
@@ -202,8 +204,21 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	    {
 	      Ascii = 1;
 	      Csv = 1;
-
 	    }
+			  
+
+	  else if (strncmp(argv[i], "-sc:",4) == 0)
+	  {
+			  char separator_character;
+			  if(sscanf(argv[i] + 4, "%c", &separator_character) != 1)
+			  {
+					  fprintf(stderr, "separator character invalid, expected -xc:? where ? is the character\n");
+					  display_usage();
+					  CsvCellSeparator = separator_character;
+			  }
+	  }
+
+
 	  else if (strcmp (argv[i], "-a") == 0)
 	    aggressive = 1;
 	  else if (strcmp (argv[i], "-fw") == 0)