diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 2d5c21e..a403025 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ 2.49
+	- fixed rt.cpan.org#56532, '#' missed during fix for
+	  56370 in 2.45.
+
+	- added test case for this too
+
+
  2.48
 	- arg, uploaded the wrong file to pause, so another version
 	  bump up.
diff --git a/General.pm b/General.pm
index 1f940cc..896d06a 100644
--- a/General.pm
+++ b/General.pm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use Carp::Heavy;
 use Carp;
 use Exporter;
 
-$Config::General::VERSION = 2.48;
+$Config::General::VERSION = 2.49;
 
 use vars  qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK);
 use base qw(Exporter);
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ sub _parse_value {
   }
 
   # are there any escaped characters left? put them out as is
-  $value =~ s/\\([\$\\\"])/$1/g;
+  $value =~ s/\\([\$\\\"#])/$1/g;
 
   return $value;
 }
@@ -2532,7 +2532,7 @@ Thomas Linden <tlinden |AT| cpan.org>
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-2.48
+2.49
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/t/cfg.51 b/t/cfg.51
index 6971360..16462e2 100644
--- a/t/cfg.51
+++ b/t/cfg.51
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ dollar = \$foo
 backslash = contains \\ backslash
 prize = 18 $
 hostparam = "\"'wsh.dir'\""
+bgcolor = \#fff
diff --git a/t/run.t b/t/run.t
index d7523a5..399df82 100644
--- a/t/run.t
+++ b/t/run.t
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 use Data::Dumper;
-use Test::More tests => 63;
+use Test::More tests => 64;
 #use Test::More qw(no_plan);
 
 # ahem, we deliver the test code with a local copy of
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ is($hash51{dollar},    '$foo',                 "keep escaped dollar character");
 is($hash51{backslash}, 'contains \ backslash', "keep escaped backslash character");
 is($hash51{prize},     '18 $',                 "keep un-escaped dollar character");
 is($hash51{hostparam}, q("'wsh.dir'"),         "keep escaped quote character");
+is($hash51{bgcolor},   '#fff',                 "keep escaped number sign");
 
 # now save it to a file and re-read it in and see if everything remains escaped
 $cfg51->save_file("t/cfg.51.out");