diff --git a/src/spmi/utils/pattern.py b/src/spmi/utils/pattern.py
index 19be965..57eb39b 100644
--- a/src/spmi/utils/pattern.py
+++ b/src/spmi/utils/pattern.py
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ def is_pattern(self, string):
     def match(self, pattern, string):
         super().match(pattern, string)
         p = re.compile(pattern)
-        return p.match(string)
+        return p.fullmatch(string)