diff --git a/test_uralicnlp.py b/test_uralicnlp.py
index 7c3521f..7e0493d 100644
--- a/test_uralicnlp.py
+++ b/test_uralicnlp.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 #print(uralicApi.analyze("kissat", "fin"))
 #print(uralicApi.generate("koira+N+Pl+Nom", "fin"))
 
-print(uralicApi.segment("kissanikin", "fin"))
+print(uralicApi.segment("luutapiirinikin", "fin"))
 
 #print(uralicApi.analyze("on", ["fin","olo"]))
 #print(uralicApi.analyze("on", ["fin","olo"], language_flags=True))
diff --git a/uralicNLP/uralicApi.py b/uralicNLP/uralicApi.py
index bce9864..105fa37 100644
--- a/uralicNLP/uralicApi.py
+++ b/uralicNLP/uralicApi.py
@@ -433,5 +433,5 @@ def _get_dictionary(language, backend=TinyDictionary):
 	return dictionary
 
 def segment(query, language):
-	return [x[0].split(">") for x in analyze(query, language, segmentation=True)]
+	return [x[0].replace("#",">").split(">") for x in analyze(query, language, segmentation=True)]