diff --git a/lib/DDG/Goodie/Xor.pm b/lib/DDG/Goodie/Xor.pm
index 866c894cf..15bb782b2 100644
--- a/lib/DDG/Goodie/Xor.pm
+++ b/lib/DDG/Goodie/Xor.pm
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ handle query_raw => sub {
     my @nums = grep(!/(xor|⊕)/, split(/\s+(⊕|xor)\s+/i, $_));
     my $num = 0;
     foreach (@nums) {
-        $num ^= ord(chr($_)) if /^\d+$/;
+        $num ^= $_ if /^\d+$/;
         return unless /^\d+$/;
     }
     return "$num" if $num;