diff --git a/csv_metadata_quality/app.py b/csv_metadata_quality/app.py
index 0bcc61f..0278c59 100644
--- a/csv_metadata_quality/app.py
+++ b/csv_metadata_quality/app.py
@@ -121,10 +121,14 @@ def run(argv):
         # Fix: unnecessary Unicode
         df[column] = df[column].apply(fix.unnecessary_unicode)
 
-        # Fix: invalid and unnecessary multi-value separators
-        df[column] = df[column].apply(fix.separators, field_name=column)
-        # Run whitespace fix again after fixing invalid separators
-        df[column] = df[column].apply(fix.whitespace, field_name=column)
+        # Fix: invalid and unnecessary multi-value separators. Skip the title
+        # field because sometimes "|" is used to indicate something like a
+        # subtitle.
+        match = re.match(r"^.*?title.*$", column)
+        if match is None:
+            df[column] = df[column].apply(fix.separators, field_name=column)
+            # Run whitespace fix again after fixing invalid separators
+            df[column] = df[column].apply(fix.whitespace, field_name=column)
 
         # Fix: duplicate metadata values
         df[column] = df[column].apply(fix.duplicates, field_name=column)