diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi
index 0f039c33c..cc3be9e94 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ sub readrulesfile ($) {
 		my $msg;
 
 		# Gather rule sid and message from the ruleline.
-		if ($line =~ m/.*msg:\"(.*?)\"\; .* sid:(.*?); /) {
+		if ($line =~ m/.*msg:\"(.*?)\"\; .*sid:(.*?); /) {
 			$msg = $1;
 			$sid = $2;