diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1b9f7783..84a245f0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ byobu (5.28) unreleased; urgency=low
     - fix some bad problems introduced by single quotes
     - escape double quotes instead
     - clean up keybindings file with better sed's
+  * usr/lib/byobu/menu: LP: #881993
+    - merge, and update a little
+    - make sure we get the second-to-last byte on that line
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:27:36 -0600
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/menu b/usr/lib/byobu/menu
index aeee3722..57056e47 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/menu
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/menu
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ __menu() {
 	local bindings esc key text
 	[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" ] && bindings="$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" || bindings="$HOME/.screenrc"
 	if grep -qs "^source.*screen-escape-keys$" $bindings 2>/dev/null || grep -qs "^source.*f-keys.screen.disable$" $bindings 2>/dev/null || [ "$1" = "--disable-f-keys" ]; then
-		esc=`grep "^escape" $bindings | $BYOBU_SED "s/.*^\(.\).*/\1/"`
+		# Get the second to last byte from the "escape" option
+		esc=`grep "^escape" $bindings | tail -c 3 | head -c 1`
 		[ -n "$esc" ] && key="^$esc-@" || key="^a-@"
 	elif grep -qs "^source.*none$" $bindings 2>/dev/null; then
 		key="byobu-config"