diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/Delimiter.java b/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/Delimiter.java
index 442cec1..4e5ebe0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/Delimiter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/Delimiter.java
@@ -33,4 +33,8 @@ public enum Delimiter {
     public String toString() {
         return value;
     }
+
+    public char getValue() {
+        return value.charAt(0);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/DecodeHelper.java b/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/DecodeHelper.java
index 75c6c99..2eaf392 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/DecodeHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/DecodeHelper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package dev.toonformat.jtoon.decoder;
 
+import dev.toonformat.jtoon.Delimiter;
+
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ private static int computeLeadingSpaces(String line, DecodeContext context) {
             char c = line.charAt(i);
             if (c == ' ') {
                 leadingSpaces++;
-            } else if (c == '\t') {
+            } else if (c == Delimiter.TAB.getValue()) {
                 if (context.options.strict()) {
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                         "Tab character used in indentation at line " + (context.currentLine + 1));
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/TabularArrayDecoder.java b/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/TabularArrayDecoder.java
index e4aeece..1feaeb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/TabularArrayDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/TabularArrayDecoder.java
@@ -118,15 +118,16 @@ private static void validateKeysDelimiter(String keysStr, Delimiter expectedDeli
      * @param actualChar   the actual delimiter character
      */
     private static void checkDelimiterMismatch(char expectedChar, char actualChar) {
-        if (expectedChar == '\t' && actualChar == ',') {
+        if (expectedChar == Delimiter.TAB.getValue() && actualChar == Delimiter.COMMA.getValue()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                 "Delimiter mismatch: bracket declares tab, brace fields use comma");
         }
-        if (expectedChar == '|' && actualChar == ',') {
+        if (expectedChar == Delimiter.PIPE.getValue() && actualChar == Delimiter.COMMA.getValue()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                 "Delimiter mismatch: bracket declares pipe, brace fields use comma");
         }
-        if (expectedChar == ',' && (actualChar == '\t' || actualChar == '|')) {
+        if (expectedChar == Delimiter.COMMA.getValue() &&
+            (actualChar == Delimiter.TAB.getValue() || actualChar == Delimiter.PIPE.getValue())) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                 "Delimiter mismatch: bracket declares comma, brace fields use different delimiter");
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/ArrayDecoderTest.java b/src/test/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/ArrayDecoderTest.java
index 353385e..197ec25 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/ArrayDecoderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/ArrayDecoderTest.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void expectsToExtractSlashFromDelimiter() {
         Delimiter result = ArrayDecoder.extractDelimiterFromHeader("[3|]", context);
 
         // Then
-        assertEquals("|", result.toString());
+        assertEquals(Delimiter.PIPE.toString(), result.toString());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/TabularArrayDecoderTest.java b/src/test/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/TabularArrayDecoderTest.java
index e31ca49..7c737ee 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/TabularArrayDecoderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/toonformat/jtoon/decoder/TabularArrayDecoderTest.java
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ void validateKeysDelimiter() throws Exception {
     @DisplayName("validateKeysDelimiter get called and branches will be checked")
     void checkDelimiterMismatchExecution() {
         // Given
-        String expectedChar = "|";
-        String actualChar = ",";
+        String expectedChar = Delimiter.PIPE.toString();
+        String actualChar = Delimiter.COMMA.toString();
 
         // When
         InvocationTargetException exception = assertThrows(InvocationTargetException.class,
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ void checkDelimiterMismatchExecution() {
     @DisplayName("validateKeysDelimiter get called and branches will be checked")
     void checkDelimiterMismatchExecutionWithComa() {
         // Given
-        String expectedChar = ",";
-        String actualChar = "|";
+        String expectedChar = Delimiter.COMMA.toString();
+        String actualChar = Delimiter.PIPE.toString();
 
         // When
         InvocationTargetException exception = assertThrows(InvocationTargetException.class,