diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 22a54a2..a705229 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  Version: 2.1.15
-####  Date: 2014-04-01
+####  Version: 2.1.16
+####  Date: 2014-04-02
 ####  Patch Number: 00
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ C2=''
 CN=''
 ## Always leave these blank, these are only going to be set in inxi.conf files, that makes testing
 ## for user changes easier after sourcing the files
+ESC='\x1b'
 GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME=''
 IRC_COLOR_SCHEME=''
 IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME=''
@@ -825,6 +826,7 @@ initialize_data()
 			BSD_TYPE='bsd' # all other bsds
 			SED_I="-i ''"
 			SED_RX='-E'
+			ESC=$(echo | tr '\n' '\033')
 		fi
 	fi
 	# now set the script BOOLEANS for files required to run features
@@ -8913,7 +8915,8 @@ calculate_line_length()
 {
 	local string=$1
 	# ansi:  irc: \x0312
-	string=$( sed -e "s/\x1b\[[0-9]\{1,2\}\(;[0-9]\{1,2\}\)\{0,2\}m//g" -e "s/\\\x0[0-9]\{1,3\}//g" <<< $string )
+	# note: using special trick for bsd sed, tr
+	string=$( sed -e 's/'$ESC'\[[0-9]\{1,2\}\(;[0-9]\{1,2\}\)\{0,2\}m//g' -e 's/\\\x0[0-9]\{1,3\}//g' <<< $string )
 	count=${#string}
 	echo $count
 }
diff --git a/inxi.changelog b/inxi.changelog
index cc19cd2..c50b99f 100755
--- a/inxi.changelog
+++ b/inxi.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.16
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date:  2014-04-02
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, tarball. This fix only impacts bsd sed, but it fixes the line length failure
+issue because bsd sed doesn't work with \x1b, but it does when you do:
+ESC=$(echo | tr '\n' '\033' )
+I found this trick on:
+http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/42321/how-can-i-instruct-bsd-sed-to-interpret-escape-sequences-like-n-and-t
+
+No other changes. Non bsd users, you can ignore this.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:24:52 -0700
+
 =====================================================================================
 Version: 2.1.15
 Patch Version: 00