diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/MIMParser.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/MIMParser.pm
index 4abdf23d8005d3a78f612d6fb865121aa89425e7..f7bd8803c2cf51f4182a69127e8aaab44dc303f1 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/MIMParser.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/MIMParser.pm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ sub run {
     if(/\*FIELD\*\s+NO\n(\d+)/){
       $number = $1;
       $source_id = $gene_source_id;
-      if(/\*FIELD\*\sTI\n([\^\#\%\+\*]*)\d+(.*)\n/){
+      if(/\*FIELD\*\sTI\n([\^\#\%\+\*]*\d+)(.*)\n/){
 	$label =$2; # taken from description as acc is meaning less
 	$long_desc = $2;
 	$type = $1;