diff --git a/usr/local/share/bastille/config.sh b/usr/local/share/bastille/config.sh
index c22b6d52..9b39f6bc 100644
--- a/usr/local/share/bastille/config.sh
+++ b/usr/local/share/bastille/config.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ for _jail in ${JAILS}; do
         awk -F= -v line="${LINE}" -v property="${PROPERTY}" '
             BEGIN {
                 # build RE as string as we can not expand vars in RE literals
-                prop_re = "^[[:space:]]*" property "[[:space:]]*$";
+                prop_re = "^[[:space:]]*" property "[[:space:]]*;?$";
             }
             $1 ~ prop_re && !found {
                 # we already have an entry in the config for this property so