diff --git a/gl-rt-bridge.rb b/gl-rt-bridge.rb
index b148c27dd73d5d079de722b332acc0bca3b193d3..3141a4081e7e49f2a0f64dc0644eb90cee55bfd0 100755
--- a/gl-rt-bridge.rb
+++ b/gl-rt-bridge.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require 'sinatra/config_file'
 
 config_file 'config.yml'
 
-rx = /#{settings.issue_tag}[ -]?#(\d+)/
+rx = /#{settings.issue_tag}-(\d+)/
 
 rt = RT_Client.new(server: settings.rt[:server],
                    user: settings.rt[:user],