diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 9693e863..23b731d5 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -3133,7 +3133,7 @@ exit 1
 
 get_args() {
     # Check the commandline flags early for '--config none/off'
-    [[ "$@" =~ \-\-config\ ?(off|none) ]] || get_user_config 2>/dev/null
+    [[ "$@" =~ --config\ ?(off|none) ]] || get_user_config 2>/dev/null
 
     while [[ "$1" ]]; do
         case "$1" in