diff --git a/modules/spelling.js b/modules/spelling.js
index b564b2f..b376893 100644
--- a/modules/spelling.js
+++ b/modules/spelling.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var spelling = function(dbot) {
     return {
         'listener': function(data, params) {
             var q = data.message.valMatch(/^\*\*?([\d\w\s]*)/, 2);
-            var otherQ = data.message.valMatch(/^([\d\w\s]*): \*\*?([\d\w\s]*)/);
+            var otherQ = data.message.valMatch(/^([\d\w\s]*): \*\*?([\d\w\s]*)/, 3);
             if(q) {
                 var correction = q[1];
                 var candidates = last[data.channel][data.user].split(' ');