diff --git a/rhasspyhermes_app/__init__.py b/rhasspyhermes_app/__init__.py
index 1f3cb0a..ea0b010 100644
--- a/rhasspyhermes_app/__init__.py
+++ b/rhasspyhermes_app/__init__.py
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ def regex_mapper(part):
                             if token == "#"
                             else "[^/]+$"
                             if token == "+"
-                            else token + "$"
+                            else token.replace("*", r"\*") + "$"  # not escaping * prevents the regex from matching
                         )
 
                     return value