diff --git a/SCMASM.31/SCMASM.S.SYMT.txt b/SCMASM.31/SCMASM.S.SYMT.txt
index cbc2e3bf..a4947627 100644
--- a/SCMASM.31/SCMASM.S.SYMT.txt
+++ b/SCMASM.31/SCMASM.S.SYMT.txt
@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@ STINIT LDA LO.MEM    START OF SYMBOL TABLE
        LDA LO.MEM+1
        STA EOT+1
        STA MACLBL+1 PRIVATE LABELS GO DOWN FROM THERE
-       LDX #56      # BYTES IN HASH POINTER TABLE
+
        LDA #0
        STA MACLBL
        STA CURRENT.MAJOR.LABEL+1
+
+       LDX #58      # BYTES IN HASH POINTER TABLE
+
 .1     STA HSHTBL-1,X
        DEX
        BNE .1
+
   .DO AUXMEM
        LDA RDRAM
        LDA RDRAM
@@ -119,7 +123,9 @@ AUX.IMAGE.LEN .EQ *-AUX.IMAGE
 *      HSHTBL+$04:  Chain for labels starting with "B"
 *        - - -
 *      HSHTBL+$34:  Chain for labels starting with "Z"
-*      HSHTBL+$36:  Chain for Macro Names and Skeletons
+*      HSHTBL+$36:  Chain for labels starting with "_"
+*
+*      HSHTBL+$38:  Chain for Macro Names and Skeletons
 *
 *      Format of Target File Entry:
 *          0,1 -- Forward chain pointer (0=end of chain)
@@ -233,16 +239,27 @@ STSRCH SEC          CONVERT FIRST CHARACTER
        LDA SYMBOL+7 OF SYMBOL TO HASH TABLE INDEX
        CMP #CHR.PERIOD SEE IF LOCAL SYMBOL
        BEQ .8       YES
+
        CMP #':      COLON, THEN PRIVATE LABEL
        BNE .12      NO, NORMAL LABEL
+
        JMP SEARCH.PRIVATE.LABELS
-.12    SBC #$40     AT-SIGN
+	   
+.12 			cmp #'_
+				bne .55
+
+				lda #'Z+1
+
+.55				sec
+				sbc #'A
+
        ASL          DOUBLE INDEX, CLEAR CARRY
        ADC #HSHTBL
        STA STPNTR
        LDA /HSHTBL
        ADC #0
        STA STPNTR+1
+
 .1     LDY #0
        >SYM LDA,STPNTR GET POINTER FROM ENTRY
        STA TPTR