diff --git a/fragments.py b/fragments.py
index aec298a..52257c8 100644
--- a/fragments.py
+++ b/fragments.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import string
 
 from lxml import etree
 
-FRAGMENT_PREFIX = "in"
-FRAGMENT_TAG = ";%s" % FRAGMENT_PREFIX
+FRAGMENT_TAG = "+?"
 FRAGMENT_CLASS = "fragment"
 
 # Search and delete the FRAGMENT_TAG anywhere in the given HTML
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ def defragmentize(html):
       class_list += " %s" % FRAGMENT_CLASS
 
     fragment.set('class',  class_list)
-    fragment.text = re.sub(r"\s*;%s\s*" % FRAGMENT_PREFIX, '', fragment.text).strip()
+    fragment.text = re.sub(r"\s*%s\s*" % re.escape(FRAGMENT_TAG), '', fragment.text).strip()
 
   return etree.tostring(dom, method='html', encoding='utf-8',
     pretty_print=True).decode('utf-8')