diff --git a/src/configfile.c b/src/configfile.c
index 678cad51..26ba685f 100644
--- a/src/configfile.c
+++ b/src/configfile.c
@@ -301,10 +301,10 @@ int snoopy_configfile_parseValue_output (
         outputArg  = "";
     } else {
         // Separate output name from its arguments
+        // (arguments may contain further ':' characters, like "file:/var/log/snoopy-%{datetime:%Y-%m-%d}")
         outputName = strtok_r(confVal, ":", &saveptr1);
-        outputArg  = strtok_r(NULL   , ":", &saveptr1);
+        outputArg  = outputName + strlen(outputName) + 1;
         outputArgFound = SNOOPY_TRUE;
-
     }
 
     // Determine output name
diff --git a/tests/output/Makefile.am b/tests/output/Makefile.am
index f5461140..2b9dff6f 100644
--- a/tests/output/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/output/Makefile.am
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ if OUTPUT_ENABLED_file
 if DATASOURCE_ENABLED_username
     TESTS += output_file-dynamic.sh
 endif
+if DATASOURCE_ENABLED_snoopy_literal
+    TESTS += output_file-dynamic-arg.sh
+endif
 endif
 
 TESTS += output_noop.sh
diff --git a/tests/output/output_file-dynamic-arg.sh b/tests/output/output_file-dynamic-arg.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5d944f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/output/output_file-dynamic-arg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+
+### Configure shell and bootstrap
+#
+set -e
+set -u
+. `dirname $BASH_SOURCE`/_bootstrap.sh
+
+
+
+### Output data
+#
+VAL_REAL=`date +%s`
+MY_PID=$$
+MY_USERNAME=`whoami`
+FILE_EXPECTED="output_file-dynamic-arg.sh.$MY_PID-asdf.tmp.out"
+FILE_FORMAT="output_file-dynamic-arg.sh.$MY_PID-%{snoopy_literal:asdf}.tmp.out"
+
+# Write
+rm -f $FILE_EXPECTED
+$SNOOPY_TEST_CLI run output   "$VAL_REAL"   "file"   "$FILE_FORMAT" > /dev/null
+
+# Read
+VAL_SNOOPY=`cat $FILE_EXPECTED`
+rm -f $FILE_EXPECTED
+
+
+
+### Evaluate
+#
+snoopy_test_compareValues "$VAL_SNOOPY" "$VAL_REAL"