diff --git a/rtcore.h b/rtcore.h
index 5f34813..41d3b52 100644
--- a/rtcore.h
+++ b/rtcore.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ S8Split(s8 s, u8 c)
     return (split_result){s};
   return (split_result){
   	S8Span(s.data, chr),
-  	S8Span(chr, S8End(s)),
+  	S8Span(chr + 1, S8End(s)),
   };
 }
 RTC_API s8