diff --git a/ircbot.js b/ircbot.js
index c672356..ce23397 100644
--- a/ircbot.js
+++ b/ircbot.js
@@ -65,11 +65,14 @@ function ircbotRun(program, input, maxCycles = 400000) {
 
 	// Replace all characters < 0x20 except for IRC formatting codes
 	// with their graphical representations at U+24xx
+	// Also replace DEL with U+2421
 	let formattingChars = [0x02, 0x03, 0x0f, 0x12, 0x15];
 	output = Array.from(output).map(c => {
 		let codePoint = c.codePointAt(0);
 		if(codePoint < 0x20 && !formattingChars.includes(codePoint)) {
 			return String.fromCodePoint(0x2400 + codePoint);
+		} else if(codePoint == 0x7f) {
+			return String.fromCodePoint(0x2421);
 		} else {
 			return c;
 		}