diff --git a/scripts/yiff.pl b/scripts/yiff.pl
index 7f057b8..d742502 100644
--- a/scripts/yiff.pl
+++ b/scripts/yiff.pl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ sub yiff {
 
 sub cmd_yiff {
 	my $buffer = $_[1];
-	my ($dbfile, $target) = $_[2] =~ /^(|-[^ ]+) *([^ ]*)/;
+	my ($dbfile, $target) = $_[2] =~ /^(-[^ ]+|) *([^ ]*)/;
 	my @users = nicklist($buffer);
 
 	return yiff($buffer, $dbfile, $target, @users);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ sub cmd_yiff {
 
 sub cmd_ryiff {
 	my $buffer = $_[1];
-	my ($dbfile) = $_[2] =~ /^(|-[^ ]+)/;
+	my ($dbfile) = $_[2] =~ /^(-[^ ]+|)/;
 	my @users = nicklist($buffer);
 
 	my $target = $users[rand @users];