diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3fd74a7..40fe710 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ A golang wrapper for parsing gocui keybindings.
 ```go
 // get a single keybinding
 keybinding.Parse("ctrl+c")
+keybinding.Parse("/")
+keybinding.Parse("ü")
+keybinding.Parse("ö")
 
 // get a list of keybindings
 keybinding.ParseAll("ctrl+A, ctrl+B, CTRL+ALT+C")
diff --git a/keybinding.go b/keybinding.go
index 7384a08..415363e 100644
--- a/keybinding.go
+++ b/keybinding.go
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ func Parse(input string) (Key, error) {
 	f := func(c rune) bool { return unicode.IsSpace(c) || c == '+' }
 	tokens := strings.FieldsFunc(input, f)
 
-	if len(tokens) == 1 && len(tokens[0]) == 1 {
-		single := rune(tokens[0][0])
-		if unicode.IsLetter(single) {
+	if len(tokens) == 1 && len([]rune(tokens[0])) == 1 {
+		single := []rune(tokens[0])[0]
+		if unicode.IsPrint(single) {
 			return Key{single, gocui.ModNone, tokens}, nil
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/keybinding_test.go b/keybinding_test.go
index 269736d..412f3af 100644
--- a/keybinding_test.go
+++ b/keybinding_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		{"ctrl + alt + !", 0, gocui.ModAlt, "unsupported keybinding: KeyCtrl! (+1)"},
 		{"q", rune('q'), gocui.ModNone, ""},
 		{" q", rune('q'), gocui.ModNone, ""},
+		{"ü", rune('ü'), gocui.ModNone, ""},
+		{"ö", rune('ö'), gocui.ModNone, ""},
+		{"/", rune('/'), gocui.ModNone, ""},
 	}
 
 	for idx, trial := range table {