diff --git a/actions/noticesearch.php b/actions/noticesearch.php
index 0d6fb51fb4..6dcd29bde7 100644
--- a/actions/noticesearch.php
+++ b/actions/noticesearch.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class NoticesearchAction extends SearchAction
         $this->q = $this->trimmed('q');
 
         // FIXME: very dependent on tag format
-        if (preg_match('/^#([\pL\pN_\-\.]{1,64})/ue', $this->q)) {
+        if (preg_match('/^\#([\pL\pN_\-\.]{1,64})/u', $this->q)) {
             common_redirect(common_local_url('tag',
                                              array('tag' => common_canonical_tag(substr($this->q, 1)))),
                             303);