diff --git a/autoupdater-mod/files/lib/ffnw/autoupdater-mod/autoupdater b/autoupdater-mod/files/lib/ffnw/autoupdater-mod/autoupdater
index 8e76f0b2b31fad78d0d01cd8cb4ef9cc550bf506..c47882b535a966d1fc0e745ae7a1f89328ae1f56 100755
--- a/autoupdater-mod/files/lib/ffnw/autoupdater-mod/autoupdater
+++ b/autoupdater-mod/files/lib/ffnw/autoupdater-mod/autoupdater
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ end
 -- Downloads, parses and verifies the update manifest from a mirror
 -- Returns a table with the fields version, checksum and filename if everything is ok, nil otherwise
 local function read_manifest(mirror)
-  locstring.formatal sep = false
+  local sep = false
 
   local lines = {}
   local sigs = {}