diff --git a/fast-tags.cabal b/fast-tags.cabal
--- a/fast-tags.cabal
+++ b/fast-tags.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: fast-tags
-version: 1.0
+version: 1.0.1
 cabal-version: >= 1.8
 build-type: Simple
 synopsis: Fast incremental vi and emacs tags.
diff --git a/src/FastTags.hs b/src/FastTags.hs
--- a/src/FastTags.hs
+++ b/src/FastTags.hs
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 symbolChar :: Bool -> Char -> Bool
 symbolChar considerColon c =
     (Char.isSymbol c || Char.isPunctuation c)
-    && (not (c `elem` "(),;[]`{}_:\"'") || considerColon && c == ':')
+    && (not (c `elem` ("(),;[]`{}_:\"'"::String)) || considerColon && c == ':')
 
 breakChar :: Text -> (Text, Text)
 breakChar text = case headt text of