diff --git a/contrib/lua/memeposting.lua b/contrib/lua/memeposting.lua
index 6e67b8d..38d99ee 100644
--- a/contrib/lua/memeposting.lua
+++ b/contrib/lua/memeposting.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ end
 
 -- generate extra markup
 function memeposting(body, prefix)
-  body = string.gsub(body, "|(.+)|", wobble_text)
+  body = string.gsub(body, "|(.-)|", wobble_text)
   return body
 end