diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 855af216..150968e5 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ struct assoc assocs[] = {
 	{ "\\.(html|svg)$", "firefox" },
 	{ "\\.pdf$", "mupdf" },
 	{ "\\.sh$", "sh" },
-	{ ".*", "less" },
+	{ ".", "less" },
 };
 
 struct key bindings[] = {
diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index e656949f..0f55a8bf 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -758,9 +758,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *ifilter;
 
 	if (getuid() == 0)
-		ifilter = ".*";
+		ifilter = ".";
 	else
-		ifilter = "^[^.].*"; /* Hide dotfiles */
+		ifilter = "^[^.]"; /* Hide dotfiles */
 
 	if (argv[1] != NULL) {
 		ipath = argv[1];