diff --git a/caribou/libcaribou/key-model.vala b/caribou/libcaribou/key-model.vala

index 89015bc..e88342e 100644

--- a/caribou/libcaribou/key-model.vala

+++ b/caribou/libcaribou/key-model.vala

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace Caribou {

                     unichar uc;

                     while (text.get_next_char (ref index, out uc)) {

                         uint keyval = Gdk.unicode_to_keyval (uc);

-                        if (keyval != uc | 0x01000000)

+                        if (keyval != (uc | 0x01000000))

                             _keyvals += keyval;

                     }

                 } else {