diff --git a/mods/CORE/mcl_commands/api.lua b/mods/CORE/mcl_commands/api.lua
index bc8884962..32fd12c03 100644
--- a/mods/CORE/mcl_commands/api.lua
+++ b/mods/CORE/mcl_commands/api.lua
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ mcl_commands.types = {
 				return S("Word is invalid!")
 			end
 		end},
-	quotestring   = {[["([^ ]+)"]],
+	quotestring   = {'["]+(.+)["]+',
 		function(res, pointer)
 			if res[pointer] == tostring(res[pointer]) then
 				return nil, string.sub(tostring(res[pointer]), 2, #res[pointer]-1), pointer+1