diff --git a/core/uwsgi.c b/core/uwsgi.c
index 96dc3d2b..a96ba2c6 100644
--- a/core/uwsgi.c
+++ b/core/uwsgi.c
@@ -683,9 +683,9 @@ void config_magic_table_fill(char *filename, char **magic_table) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-        char *colon = uwsgi_get_last_char(filename, ':');
-        if (colon) {
-                *colon = 0;
+        char *section = uwsgi_get_last_char(filename, ':');
+        if (section) {
+                *section = 0;
 	}
 
 	// we have a special case for symlinks
@@ -743,8 +743,9 @@ void config_magic_table_fill(char *filename, char **magic_table) {
 	if (uwsgi_get_last_char(magic_table['s'], '.'))
 		magic_table['n'] = uwsgi_concat2n(magic_table['s'], uwsgi_get_last_char(magic_table['s'], '.') - magic_table['s'], "", 0);
 
-	if (colon) {
-		*colon = ':';
+	if (section) {
+		magic_table['x'] = section+1;
+		*section = ':';
 	}
 }