diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py b/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py
index ca09a5c6d8..2d301bf4f8 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def http_get_call(host, port, path, response_object = 0):
 
 
 class RESTTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
-    FORMAT_SEPARATOR = "/"
+    FORMAT_SEPARATOR = "."
     
     def run_test(self):
         url = urlparse.urlparse(self.nodes[0].url)
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ class RESTTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_greater_than(int(response.getheader('content-length')), 10)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    RESTTest ().main ()
\ No newline at end of file
+    RESTTest ().main ()