diff --git a/include/components/bar.hpp b/include/components/bar.hpp
index a66accfb..7bca30e8 100644
--- a/include/components/bar.hpp
+++ b/include/components/bar.hpp
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ class bar {
     m_bar.wmname = m_conf.get<string>(bs, "wm_name", m_bar.wmname);
     m_bar.wmname = string_util::replace(m_bar.wmname, " ", "-");
 
+    // }}}
+    // Set misc parameters {{{
+
+    m_bar.separator = string_util::trim(m_conf.get<string>(bs, "separator", ""), '"');
+
     // }}}
     // Checking nodraw {{{
 
diff --git a/include/components/controller.hpp b/include/components/controller.hpp
index efe55f23..cb2f6797 100644
--- a/include/components/controller.hpp
+++ b/include/components/controller.hpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class controller {
     }
 
     string contents{""};
-    string separator{m_bar->settings().separator.empty()};
+    string separator{m_bar->settings().separator};
 
     string padding_left(m_bar->settings().padding_left, ' ');
     string padding_right(m_bar->settings().padding_right, ' ');
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class controller {
         if (module_contents.empty())
           continue;
 
-        if (!block_contents.empty())
+        if (!block_contents.empty() && !separator.empty())
           block_contents += separator;
 
         if (!(block.first == alignment::LEFT && module == block.second.front()))