diff --git a/src/backend/drm/DRM.cpp b/src/backend/drm/DRM.cpp
index 2a2321c..1a4ff90 100644
--- a/src/backend/drm/DRM.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/drm/DRM.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static std::vector<SP<CSessionDevice>> scanGPUs(SP<CBackend> backend) {
     auto                            explicitGpus = getenv("AQ_DRM_DEVICES");
     if (explicitGpus) {
         backend->log(AQ_LOG_DEBUG, std::format("drm: Explicit device list {}", explicitGpus));
-        Hyprutils::String::CVarList explicitDevices(explicitGpus, ';', true);
+        Hyprutils::String::CVarList explicitDevices(explicitGpus, ':', true);
 
         for (auto& d : explicitDevices) {
             bool found = false;