diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_limit/mod_limit.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_limit/mod_limit.c
index c68a4397f0..6b4bb5eec7 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_limit/mod_limit.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_limit/mod_limit.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static switch_bool_t limit_execute_sql_callback(switch_mutex_t *mutex, char *sql
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static switch_xml_config_string_options_t limit_config_dsn = { NULL, 0, "\\w+:\\w+:\\w+" };
+static switch_xml_config_string_options_t limit_config_dsn = { NULL, 0, "(.+?):(.+?):(.+)" };
 
 static switch_xml_config_item_t config_settings[] = {
 	SWITCH_CONFIG_ITEM("odbc-dsn", SWITCH_CONFIG_STRING, 0, &globals.odbc_dsn, NULL, &limit_config_dsn,