diff --git a/libsrc/telestrat/cgetc.s b/libsrc/telestrat/cgetc.s
index e77ed794b..b76c62ee0 100644
--- a/libsrc/telestrat/cgetc.s
+++ b/libsrc/telestrat/cgetc.s
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ start:
         stx     store_char
         rts
 .endproc
-.data
+.bss
 store_char:
         .byte 0