diff --git a/lib/rex/text.rb b/lib/rex/text.rb
index 1227111cc6..58a919b04a 100644
--- a/lib/rex/text.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/text.rb
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ module Text
 			end
 			
 			chunk.unpack("C*").each do |c|
-				if (c >	0x19 and c < 0x80)
+				if (c >	0x1f and c < 0x80)
 					buf << c.chr
 				else
 					buf << "."