diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 3f11844..25110d2 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -149,14 +149,13 @@ func timeTrack(start time.Time, name string) {
 }
 
 func parseSeparator(sep string) (rune, error) {
-
 	if strings.HasPrefix(sep, "\\t") {
 		return '\t', nil
 	}
 
 	runesep, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(sep)
 	if runesep == utf8.RuneError {
-		return ' ', fmt.Errorf("Unable to use %v (%q) as a separator", separator, separator)
+		return ' ', fmt.Errorf("unable to use %v (%q) as a separator", separator, separator)
 	}
 
 	return runesep, nil
diff --git a/pkg/digest/diff_test.go b/pkg/digest/diff_test.go
index 65ed88f..c0d31a3 100644
--- a/pkg/digest/diff_test.go
+++ b/pkg/digest/diff_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package digest_test
 
 import (
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/aswinkarthik/csvdiff/pkg/digest"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
 func TestDiff(t *testing.T) {
@@ -23,43 +24,49 @@ func TestDiff(t *testing.T) {
 `
 
 	t.Run("default config", func(t *testing.T) {
-		baseConfig := &digest.Config{
-			Reader:     strings.NewReader(base),
-			Key:        []int{0},
-			Separator:  ',',
-			LazyQuotes: false,
-		}
+		separators := []string{",", "\t", "|"}
+		for _, sep := range separators {
+			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("should support \"%s\" as separator", sep), func(t *testing.T) {
+				sepRune, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(sep)
+				baseConfig := &digest.Config{
+					Reader:     strings.NewReader(strings.ReplaceAll(base, ",", sep)),
+					Key:        []int{0},
+					Separator:  sepRune,
+					LazyQuotes: false,
+				}
 
-		deltaConfig := &digest.Config{
-			Reader:     strings.NewReader(delta),
-			Key:        []int{0},
-			Separator:  ',',
-			LazyQuotes: false,
-		}
+				deltaConfig := &digest.Config{
+					Reader:     strings.NewReader(strings.ReplaceAll(delta,",", sep)),
+					Key:        []int{0},
+					Separator:  sepRune,
+					LazyQuotes: false,
+				}
 
-		expected := digest.Differences{
-			Additions: []digest.Addition{
-				strings.Split("4,col-1,col-2,col-3,four-value-added", ","),
-				strings.Split("5,col-1,col-2,col-3,five-value-added", ","),
-			},
-			Modifications: []digest.Modification{
-				{
-					Current:  strings.Split("2,col-1,col-2,col-3,two-value-modified", ","),
-					Original: strings.Split("2,col-1,col-2,col-3,two-value", ","),
-				},
-				{
-					Current:  strings.Split("100,col-1-modified,col-2,col-3,hundred-value-modified", ","),
-					Original: strings.Split("100,col-1,col-2,col-3,hundred-value", ","),
-				},
-			},
-			Deletions: []digest.Deletion{
-				strings.Split("3,col-1,col-2,col-3,three-value", ","),
-			},
-		}
+				expected := digest.Differences{
+					Additions: []digest.Addition{
+						strings.Split("4,col-1,col-2,col-3,four-value-added", ","),
+						strings.Split("5,col-1,col-2,col-3,five-value-added", ","),
+					},
+					Modifications: []digest.Modification{
+						{
+							Current:  strings.Split("2,col-1,col-2,col-3,two-value-modified", ","),
+							Original: strings.Split("2,col-1,col-2,col-3,two-value", ","),
+						},
+						{
+							Current:  strings.Split("100,col-1-modified,col-2,col-3,hundred-value-modified", ","),
+							Original: strings.Split("100,col-1,col-2,col-3,hundred-value", ","),
+						},
+					},
+					Deletions: []digest.Deletion{
+						strings.Split("3,col-1,col-2,col-3,three-value", ","),
+					},
+				}
 
-		actual, err := digest.Diff(*baseConfig, *deltaConfig)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+				actual, err := digest.Diff(*baseConfig, *deltaConfig)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+			})
+		}
 	})
 
 	deltaLazyQuotes := `1,col-1,col-2,col-3,one-value