diff --git a/Command line demo/main.m b/Command line demo/main.m
index 3ffdb44..d82d8d4 100644
--- a/Command line demo/main.m	
+++ b/Command line demo/main.m	
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 void listFunctions(void);
 
 NSString* readLine() {
-    NSCharacterSet *valid = [DDMathStringTokenizer legalCharacters];
+//    NSCharacterSet *valid = [DDMathStringTokenizer legalCharacters];
     NSMutableData *data = [NSMutableData data];
     
     
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         char c = getchar();
         if (c > 0xffff) { continue; }
         if ([[NSCharacterSet newlineCharacterSet] characterIsMember:(unichar)c]) { break; }
-        if (![valid characterIsMember:(unichar)c]) { continue; }
+//        if (![valid characterIsMember:(unichar)c]) { continue; }
         
         [data appendBytes:&c length:sizeof(char)];
     } while (1);
diff --git a/DDMathParser/DDMathStringTokenizer.m b/DDMathParser/DDMathStringTokenizer.m
index e84631f..c8b459f 100644
--- a/DDMathParser/DDMathStringTokenizer.m
+++ b/DDMathParser/DDMathStringTokenizer.m
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ + (NSCharacterSet *)_operatorCharacterSet {
         // \u00AC is ¬
         // \u2264 is ≤
         // \u2265 is ≥
-        _operatorSet = DD_RETAIN([NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"+-*/&|!%^~()<>,=\u2228\u2227\u00ac\u2264\u2265"]);
+        // \u00f7 is ÷
+        // \u00d7 is ×
+        _operatorSet = DD_RETAIN([NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"+-*/&|!%^~()<>,=\u2228\u2227\u00ac\u2264\u2265\u00f7\u00d7"]);
     });
     return _operatorSet;
 }
diff --git a/DDMathParser/_DDOperatorInfo.m b/DDMathParser/_DDOperatorInfo.m
index 98d927d..dea9427 100644
--- a/DDMathParser/_DDOperatorInfo.m
+++ b/DDMathParser/_DDOperatorInfo.m
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ + (NSArray *)_buildOperators {
 
     // multiplication and division have the same precedence
     [operators addObject:[self infoForOperator:DDOperatorMultiply arity:DDOperatorArityBinary precedence:precedence token:@"*" function:@"multiply" associativity:DDOperatorAssociativityLeft]];
+    [operators addObject:[self infoForOperator:DDOperatorMultiply arity:DDOperatorArityBinary precedence:precedence token:@"\u00d7" function:@"multiply" associativity:DDOperatorAssociativityLeft]];
     [operators addObject:[self infoForOperator:DDOperatorDivide arity:DDOperatorArityBinary precedence:precedence token:@"/" function:@"divide" associativity:DDOperatorAssociativityLeft]];
+    [operators addObject:[self infoForOperator:DDOperatorDivide arity:DDOperatorArityBinary precedence:precedence token:@"\u00f7" function:@"divide" associativity:DDOperatorAssociativityLeft]];
     precedence++;
     
     [operators addObject:[self infoForOperator:DDOperatorModulo arity:DDOperatorArityBinary precedence:precedence token:@"%" function:@"mod" associativity:DDOperatorAssociativityLeft]];