diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/IgnoreList.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/IgnoreList.pm
index e0170a64..646c85c8 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/IgnoreList.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/IgnoreList.pm
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ sub add($self, $channel, $hostmask, $length, $owner) {
         $hostmask .= '@*';
     }
 
-    $channel = '.*' if $channel !~ /^#/;
+    $channel = '.*' if !defined $channel || $channel eq 'global';
 
     my $regex = quotemeta $hostmask;
     $regex =~ s/\\\*/.*?/g;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ sub remove($self, $channel, $hostmask) {
         $hostmask .= '@*';
     }
 
-    $channel = '.*' if $channel !~ /^#/;
+    $channel = '.*' if !defined $channel || $channel eq 'global';
 
     $self->{pbot}->{event_queue}->dequeue_event("ignore_timeout $channel $hostmask");
     return $self->{storage}->remove($channel, $hostmask);
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 7c27e55e..55ec8b88 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4803,
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4804,
     BUILD_DATE     => "2024-10-15",
 };