diff --git a/src/im_mad/remotes/run_probes b/src/im_mad/remotes/run_probes
index e1d3510c7d..50b544bd8c 100755
--- a/src/im_mad/remotes/run_probes
+++ b/src/im_mad/remotes/run_probes
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ cd $SCRIPTS_DIR
 function run_dir {
     (
     cd $1
-    for i in `ls * | grep -E -v '(\.rpmnew$|\.rpmsave$|\.dpkg-\w+$)'`;do
+    for i in `ls * | grep -E -v '\.(rpmnew|rpmsave|dpkg-\w+)$'`;do
         if [ -x "$i" ]; then
             ./$i $ARGUMENTS
             EXIT_CODE=$?