diff --git a/lib/forever/cli.js b/lib/forever/cli.js
index bdfca6bf..3f39e5a3 100644
--- a/lib/forever/cli.js
+++ b/lib/forever/cli.js
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ app.cmd('help', cli.help = function () {
 // Remark: this regex matches everything. It has to be added at the end to
 // make executing other commands possible.
 //
-app.cmd(/(.*)/, cli.start = function (file) {
+app.cmd(/(.+)/, cli.start = function (file) {
   var options = getOptions(file);
   tryStart(file, options, function () {
     var monitor = forever.start(file, options);