diff --git a/services/presence/PresenceService.py b/services/presence/PresenceService.py
index f591ccda..1c3990b8 100644
--- a/services/presence/PresenceService.py
+++ b/services/presence/PresenceService.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def _txt_to_dict(txt):
 			key = item
 			value = True
 		else:
-			(key, value) = item.split('=')
+			(key, value) = item.split('=', 1)
 		prop_dict[key] = value
 	return prop_dict