diff --git a/shbot.sh b/shbot.sh
index 066d202..0deee12 100755
--- a/shbot.sh
+++ b/shbot.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ do
 	if [[ "$LINE" =~ PING\ *:(.*) ]]; then
 		echo "PONG :${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" >&3
 	else
-		[[ ${LINE} =~ :[a-zA-Z]*!.*(#.*)\ :.* ]] && ORIGIN=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+		[[ ${LINE} =~ :[^!]*![^#]*(#.*)\ :.* ]] && ORIGIN=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
 		echo "${LINE}" | ./shbrain.sh | \
 		while true
 		do
diff --git a/shbrain.sh b/shbrain.sh
index 06cad02..572bd10 100755
--- a/shbrain.sh
+++ b/shbrain.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ do
 	LINE=${LINE[@]:0:$LEN}
 
 	### Parsing potential shcmd
-	if [[ $LINE =~ :([a-zA-Z]*)!.*:shcmd ]]; then
+	if [[ $LINE =~ :([^!]*)!.*:shcmd ]]; then
 		EXPAND=(${LINE})
 		CMD=${EXPAND[4]#:}
 		ARGS=${EXPAND[*]:5}