diff --git a/openbsc/src/libbsc/net_init.c b/openbsc/src/libbsc/net_init.c
index 0e99097e0..ee0d445cd 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libbsc/net_init.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libbsc/net_init.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct gsm_network *gsm_network_init(uint16_t country_code, uint16_t network_cod
 				     int (*mncc_recv)(struct gsm_network *, struct msgb *))
 {
 	struct gsm_network *net;
-	const char *default_regexp = "*";
+	const char *default_regexp = ".*";
 
 	net = talloc_zero(tall_bsc_ctx, struct gsm_network);
 	if (!net)