diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/mention_dialect.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/mention_dialect.js
index 45962163506..4832d436b85 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/mention_dialect.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/mention_dialect.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Discourse.Dialect.inlineRegexp({
   start: '@',
   // NOTE: we really should be using SiteSettings here, but it loads later in process
   // also, if we do, we must ensure serverside version works as well
-  matcher: /^(@[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_]{0,40})/m,
+  matcher: /^(@[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_]{0,40})/,
   wordBoundary: true,
 
   emitter: function(matches) {