diff --git a/src/mudlib/zmachine/zstring.py b/src/mudlib/zmachine/zstring.py
index e04bdd9..efdb482 100644
--- a/src/mudlib/zmachine/zstring.py
+++ b/src/mudlib/zmachine/zstring.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class ZCharTranslator:
     DEFAULT_A0 = [ord(x) for x in "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]
     DEFAULT_A1 = [ord(x) for x in "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"]
     # A2 also has 0x6 as special char, so they start at 0x7.
-    DEFAULT_A2 = [ord(x) for x in "0123456789.,!?_#'\"/\\<-:()"]
+    DEFAULT_A2 = [ord(x) for x in "0123456789.,!?_#'\"/\\-:()"]
     DEFAULT_A2_V5 = [ord(x) for x in "\n0123456789.,!?_#'\"/\\-:()"]
 
     ALPHA = (DEFAULT_A0, DEFAULT_A1, DEFAULT_A2)