diff --git a/src/command.coffee b/src/command.coffee
index 1fea9c4a19..e0e87d821f 100644
--- a/src/command.coffee
+++ b/src/command.coffee
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ compileScript = (file, input, base) ->
   catch err
     CoffeeScript.emit 'failure', err, task
     return if CoffeeScript.listeners('failure').length
-    return printLine err.message + '\007' if o.watch
+    return printLine err.message + '\7' if o.watch
     printWarn err instanceof Error and err.stack or "ERROR: #{err}"
     process.exit 1