diff --git a/packages/core/snapshot/read.go b/packages/core/snapshot/read.go
index 32b47503de..b2e4f63f43 100644
--- a/packages/core/snapshot/read.go
+++ b/packages/core/snapshot/read.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func scanDelimiter(data []byte, atEOF bool) (advance int, token []byte, err erro
 		return 0, nil, nil
 	}
 	if i := bytes.Index(data, delimiter); i >= 0 {
-		return i + 2, data[0:i], nil
+		return i + len(delimiter), data[0:i], nil
 	}
 	// at EOF, return rest of data.
 	if atEOF {
diff --git a/packages/core/snapshot/write.go b/packages/core/snapshot/write.go
index 762411d116..4d2668551b 100644
--- a/packages/core/snapshot/write.go
+++ b/packages/core/snapshot/write.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 const utxoStatesChunkSize = 100
 
-var delimiter = []byte{';', ';'}
+var delimiter = []byte{';', ';', ';'}
 
 // streamSnapshotDataTo writes snapshot to a given writer.
 func streamSnapshotDataTo(