1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libmat2/images.py b/libmat2/images.py
index fe700d2..0b85cde 100644
--- a/libmat2/images.py
+++ b/libmat2/images.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class __ImageParser(abstract.AbstractParser):
         of this.
         """
         fun = lambda f: subprocess.check_output(['/usr/bin/exiftool', '-json', f])
-        if not re.match('^[a-z0-9]', self.filename):
+        if re.search('^[a-z0-9]', self.filename) is None:
             out = self.__handle_problematic_filename(self.filename, fun)
         else:
             out = fun(self.filename)