diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
index fc378da..5e5c01e 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
@@ -117,7 +117,11 @@
 			// $db['hostname'] = 'pdodriver:host(/Server(/DSN))=hostname(/DSN);';
 			// We need to get the prefix (pdodriver used by PDO).
 			$this->dsn = $this->hostname;
-			$this->pdodriver = substr($this->hostname, 0, strpos($this->hostname, ':'));
+			$split_dsn = explode(":", $this->hostname);
+			$this->pdodriver = $split_dsn[0];
+			
+			// End this part of the dsn with a semicolon
+			$this->dsn .= rtrim(';', $this->dsn) . ';';
 		}
 		else
 		{