diff --git a/config/action.d/firewallcmd-allports.conf b/config/action.d/firewallcmd-allports.conf
index a478f25c..c0c378a4 100644
--- a/config/action.d/firewallcmd-allports.conf
+++ b/config/action.d/firewallcmd-allports.conf
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ actionstop = firewall-cmd --direct --remove-rule ipv4 filter <chain> 0 -j f2b-<n
              firewall-cmd --direct --remove-chain ipv4 filter f2b-<name>
 
 
-# Note:  uses regular expression word boundaries '\b' 
-# Example actioncheck: firewall-cmd --direct --get-chains ipv4 filter | grep -q '\bf2b-recidive\b'
+# Note:  uses regular expression whitespaces '\s' & end of line '$'
+# Example actioncheck: firewall-cmd --direct --get-chains ipv4 filter | grep -q '\sf2b-recidive$'
 
-actioncheck = firewall-cmd --direct --get-chains ipv4 filter | grep -q '\bf2b-<name>\b'
+actioncheck = firewall-cmd --direct --get-chains ipv4 filter | grep -q '\sf2b-<name>$'
 
 actionban = firewall-cmd --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter f2b-<name> 0 -s <ip> -j <blocktype>