diff --git a/src/string_utils.cpp b/src/string_utils.cpp
index e10a49b..4326923 100644
--- a/src/string_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/string_utils.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ map<string, string> sc::parse_ini_file(const string& path, bool ignore_sections)
                 prefix = string{m[1]} + '.';
             }
         }
-        regex key_value_pat {R"(^\s*(.*)\s*=\s*("?)(.*)\2)"};
+        regex key_value_pat {R"(^\s*(.*?)\s*=\s*("?)(.*)\2)"};
         smatch match;
         if (regex_search(line, match, key_value_pat)) {
             result[prefix + string{match[1]}] = match[3];