diff --git a/src/js/redirect-engine.js b/src/js/redirect-engine.js
index 3f607cfe6..9a94b2fc0 100644
--- a/src/js/redirect-engine.js
+++ b/src/js/redirect-engine.js
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ RedirectEngine.prototype.compileRuleFromStaticFilter = function(line) {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-RedirectEngine.prototype.reFilterParser = /^(?:\|\|([^\/:?#^]+)|\*)([^$]+)?\$([^$]+)$/;
+RedirectEngine.prototype.reFilterParser = /^(?:\|\|([^\/:?#^]+)|\*?)([^$]+)?\$([^$]+)$/;
 
 RedirectEngine.prototype.supportedTypes = new Map([
     [ 'css', 'stylesheet' ],