diff --git a/base/scripts/init.tb b/base/scripts/init.tb
index 4d715a9..a0e76d9 100644
--- a/base/scripts/init.tb
+++ b/base/scripts/init.tb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-@print "this is an init script!"
+%print "this is an init script!"
 base:/bin/pctl ls
 base:/bin/tb -m interactive -preload base:/scripts/rc.tb
diff --git a/base/scripts/rc.tb b/base/scripts/rc.tb
index ea26b4c..758b976 100644
--- a/base/scripts/rc.tb
+++ b/base/scripts/rc.tb
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-@mkalias pctl base:/bin/pctl
-@mkalias tb base:/bin/tb
+%mkalias pctl base:/bin/pctl
+%mkalias tb base:/bin/tb
diff --git a/user/tb/interp.c b/user/tb/interp.c
index 25336f5..b293fb5 100644
--- a/user/tb/interp.c
+++ b/user/tb/interp.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void tz_classify(Tokenizer *tz) {
   while (tk) {
     if (tk->ptr[0] == '"' && tk->ptr[tk->len - 1] == '"') {
       tk->type = TOK_STRING;
-    } else if (tk->ptr[0] == '@') {
+    } else if (tk->ptr[0] == '%') {
       RtCmd *cmd = RTCMDS;
       while (cmd) {
         string_memset(tmpbuf, 0, tmpbufsz);
diff --git a/user/tb/runtime.c b/user/tb/runtime.c
index 94d636c..99071e0 100644
--- a/user/tb/runtime.c
+++ b/user/tb/runtime.c
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ bool rt_mkalias(Token *tks) {
 }
 
 void rt_init(void) {
-  RTCMD("@print", &rt_print);
-  RTCMD("@mkalias", &rt_mkalias);
+  RTCMD("%print", &rt_print);
+  RTCMD("%mkalias", &rt_mkalias);
 }