diff --git a/php.nanorc b/php.nanorc
index d2fd4af..8021cac 100644
--- a/php.nanorc
+++ b/php.nanorc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ color green "(\;\;|\|\||::|=>|->)"
 # Online Comments
 color brightyellow "(#.*|//.*)$"
 # STRINGS!
-color red "('[^']*?')|(\"[^\"]*?\")"
+color red "('[^']*')|(\"[^\"]*\")"
 # Inline Variables
 color white "\{\$[^}]*\}"
 # PHP Tags