diff --git a/php/start-helper.sh b/php/start-helper.sh
index 8cd2bed..d392f6f 100755
--- a/php/start-helper.sh
+++ b/php/start-helper.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ php_cfg_gen() {
 		case $cfg_value in
 		# TODO stop after the first match (currently matching incl. closing quote)
 		true|TRUE|false|FALSE)
-			sed -ri "s#(\s*define).+(${cfg_setting}\x22|${cfg_setting}\x27)\.+#\tdefine(\x22${cfg_setting}\x22, ${cfg_value}\);#g" "$cfg_file"
+			sed -ri "s#(\s*define).+(${cfg_setting}\x22|${cfg_setting}\x27).+#\tdefine(\x22${cfg_setting}\x22, ${cfg_value}\);#g" "$cfg_file"
 			;;
 		*)
 			sed -ri "s#(\s*define).+(${cfg_setting}\x22|${cfg_setting}\x27).+#\tdefine(\x22${cfg_setting}\x22, \x22${cfg_value}\x22\);#g" "$cfg_file"
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ php_cfg_gen() {
 		ls -la "$dir"
 		exit 1
 	fi
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}