diff --git a/lib/config/config_lexer.ll b/lib/config/config_lexer.ll
index 2ed238911..e0092aee3 100644
--- a/lib/config/config_lexer.ll
+++ b/lib/config/config_lexer.ll
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ in				return T_IN;
 \|\|				return T_LOGICAL_OR;
 [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9\_]*		{ yylval->text = strdup(yytext); return T_IDENTIFIER; }
 @[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9\_]*	{ yylval->text = strdup(yytext + 1); return T_IDENTIFIER; }
-\<[^\>]*\>			{ yytext[yyleng-1] = '\0'; yylval->text = strdup(yytext + 1); return T_STRING_ANGLE; }
+\<[^ \>]*\>			{ yytext[yyleng-1] = '\0'; yylval->text = strdup(yytext + 1); return T_STRING_ANGLE; }
 [0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?ms		{ yylval->num = strtod(yytext, NULL) / 1000; return T_NUMBER; }
 [0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?d		{ yylval->num = strtod(yytext, NULL) * 60 * 60 * 24; return T_NUMBER; }
 [0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?h		{ yylval->num = strtod(yytext, NULL) * 60 * 60; return T_NUMBER; }