diff --git a/res/xml/deva_alt.xml b/res/xml/deva_alt.xml
index 453285c2a..13972dccd 100644
--- a/res/xml/deva_alt.xml
+++ b/res/xml/deva_alt.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <key              width="0.9" key0="ो" key1="ओ" key2="औ" key4="ौ"/>
   </row>
   <row>
-    <key key0="्" key2="tab" key4="esc"/>
+    <key key0="्" key2="*" key4="\@"/>
     <key key0="ँ" key1="₹" key2="॑" key3="ॖ" key4="॓"/>
     <key key0="ं" key1="ॐ" key2="ऽ" key3="ः" key4="&quot;"/>
     <key key0="।" key1="," key2=";" key3="!" key4="\?"/>