diff --git a/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
index d4bb0a66..7256077c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class SubmissionsController < ApplicationController
         # If no test command is set, use the run_command for the RegEx below. Otherwise, no output will be displayed!
         test_command = run_command
       end
-      unless /root|workspace|#{run_command.gsub('.', '\.')}|#{test_command}/.match(message)
+      unless /root|workspace|#{run_command}|#{test_command}/.match(message)
         parse_message(message, 'stdout', tubesock)
       end
     end