diff --git a/plugins/relayd/relayd b/plugins/relayd/relayd
index 64cec1ab..e2cbe063 100755
--- a/plugins/relayd/relayd
+++ b/plugins/relayd/relayd
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ my $cmd = (defined($ARGV[0])) ? $ARGV[0] : '';
 my @hosts = ();
 open(my $conf, "<", $configfile) or die "can't open $configfile: $!";
 my $content = join("", <$conf>);
-while ( $content =~ /table\s*<([^>]*)>\s*{([^}]*)}/g) {
+while ( $content =~ /table\s*<([^>]+)>\s*{([^}]+)}/g) {
         my $hosts = $2;
         print "table: $1, " if defined $Munin::Plugin::DEBUG;
         $hosts =~ s/#.*$//mg; # comments