diff --git a/uvvote.pl b/uvvote.pl
index c101f1f..a151250 100755
--- a/uvvote.pl
+++ b/uvvote.pl
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ sub process_vote {
     }
 
     # this matches on a single appearance:
-    if ($$body =~ /#$votenum\W*?\[(.+)\]/) {
+    if ($$body =~ /#$votenum\W*?\[(.+?)\]/) {
       # one or more vote strings were found
       $onevote ||= 1; # set $onevote to 1 if it was 0
       my $votestring = $1;