diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-network.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-network.sh
index 37f4aa6d7..d6e40a73b 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-network.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-network.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ _essid_list() {
     # only show lines with signal '*'
     # kill spaces from the end and replace spaces with + between
     # '+' character is one of 6 forbidden characters in SSID standard
-    for dev in $(iwctl station "${_INTERFACE}" get-networks | rg -o '(^{1,41}).*\*' -r '$1' | sd ' *.$|^.*  ' '' | sd ' ' '\+'); do
+    for dev in $(iwctl station "${_INTERFACE}" get-networks | rg -o '{.{1,41}).*\*' -r '$1' | sd ' *.$|^.*  ' ''); do
         echo "${dev}"
         [[ "${1}" ]] && echo "${1}"
     done