diff --git a/mless b/mless
index d703a6b..0f02078 100755
--- a/mless
+++ b/mless
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BEGIN { hdr = 1 }
 /^$/ { hdr = 0 }
 hdr && /^From:/ { print so(fg(119, $0)); next }
 hdr { print fg(120, $0); next }
-/^---.*---/ { print fg(242, $0); next }
+/^--- .* ---/ { print fg(242, $0); next }
 /^>/ { print fg(151, $0); next }
 { print }'
 	exit $?