diff --git a/email_split/__init__.py b/email_split/__init__.py
index 6421c58..6eca9ca 100644
--- a/email_split/__init__.py
+++ b/email_split/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def split_email(cls, email):
         """Break up an email and initialize a new class"""
         # Break up our email at its `@`
         # https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#str.partition
-        local, _, domain = email.partition('@')
+        local, _, domain = email.rpartition('@')
 
         # Initialize and return our class
         return Email(local=local, domain=domain)