diff --git a/config/filter.d/3proxy.conf b/config/filter.d/3proxy.conf
index be3a68d0..09855d75 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/3proxy.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/3proxy.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 #          Log format is: "L%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S %z %N.%p %E %U %C:%c %R:%r %O %I %h %T"
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-failregex = \s[+-][0-9]{4} \S+ 0000[1-9] \S+ <HOST>:[0-9]+ [0-9.]+:[0-9]+ [0-9]+ .*$
+failregex = ^\s[+-][0-9]{4} \S+ 0000[1-9] \S+ <HOST>:[0-9]+ [0-9.]+:[0-9]+ [0-9]+ .*$
 
 ignoreregex =