diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
index 6ce76472..af2136bb 100644
--- a/inc/functions.php
+++ b/inc/functions.php
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ function unicodify($body) {
function extract_modifiers($body) {
$modifiers = array();
- if (preg_match_all('@(.+?)@us', $body, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
+ if (preg_match_all('@(.*?)@us', $body, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
foreach ($matches as $match) {
if (preg_match('/^escape /', $match[1]))
continue;