diff --git a/src/etc/rc.initial.restore b/src/etc/rc.initial.restore
index 06620f91a..c0292b821 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.initial.restore
+++ b/src/etc/rc.initial.restore
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ DATED=
 for BACKUP in ${BACKUPS}; do
 	DATETIME=${BACKUP#*config-}
 	DATETIME=${DATETIME%.xml}
-	SUBSEC=${DATETIME#*.}
-	DATETIME=${DATETIME%.*}
+	SUBSEC=${DATETIME#*[.,]}
+	DATETIME=${DATETIME%[.,]*}
 	# write a line with all required info that is prefixed
 	# with a sortable time stamp for our next step...
 	DATED="${DATED}$(date -r ${DATETIME} '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S').${SUBSEC} ${DATETIME} ${BACKUP}