diff --git a/bin/slaptail.py b/bin/slaptail.py
index 6a774d3961d9b0f3481fbb27b53a6a93dec22392..75d3c2aa52204f9c9f088957b92e52d5fa029c59 100755
--- a/bin/slaptail.py
+++ b/bin/slaptail.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ log_file = 'slapd'
 log_file_path = log_path + log_file
 rgx = dict()
 connections = dict()
-rgx['conn'] = re.compile(r'conn=(?P<conn>[0-9]+) .*?=.*? (?P<closed>closed)?')
+rgx['conn'] = re.compile(r'conn=(?P<conn>[0-9]+)(?P<closed> .*?=.*? closed)?')
 
 
 def sleep(start_time):