diff --git a/lang/cem/cemcom/char.tab b/lang/cem/cemcom/char.tab
index 282bc8cc..eedba40b 100644
--- a/lang/cem/cemcom/char.tab
+++ b/lang/cem/cemcom/char.tab
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 STGARB:\000-\200
 STSKIP:\r \t\013\f
 STNL:\n
-STCOMP:!&+-<=>|
+STCOMP:-!&+<=>|
 STSIMP:%()*,/:;?[]^{}~
 STCHAR:'
 STIDF:a-zA-Z_
diff --git a/lang/m2/comp/char.tab b/lang/m2/comp/char.tab
index fb550e73..3bf359c2 100644
--- a/lang/m2/comp/char.tab
+++ b/lang/m2/comp/char.tab
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 STGARB:\000-\200
 STSKIP: \r\t\013\014\015
 STNL:\012
-STSIMP:#&()*+,-/;=[]^{|}~
+STSIMP:-#&()*+,/;=[]^{|}~
 STCOMP:.:<>
 STIDF:a-zA-Z
 STSTR:"'