diff --git a/plexpy/notification_handler.py b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
index 4286b130..690bc575 100644
--- a/plexpy/notification_handler.py
+++ b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
@@ -492,13 +492,13 @@ def build_notify_text(session=None, timeline=None, notify_action=None, agent_id=
# Check for exclusion tags
if metadata['media_type'] == 'movie':
# Regex pattern to remove the text in the tags we don't want
- pattern = re.compile(r'||.*|.*', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)
+ pattern = re.compile(r'||.*?|.*?', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)
elif metadata['media_type'] == 'show' or metadata['media_type'] == 'episode':
# Regex pattern to remove the text in the tags we don't want
- pattern = re.compile(r'.*|||.*', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)
+ pattern = re.compile(r'.*?|||.*?', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)
elif metadata['media_type'] == 'artist' or metadata['media_type'] == 'track':
# Regex pattern to remove the text in the tags we don't want
- pattern = re.compile(r'.*|.*||', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)
+ pattern = re.compile(r'.*?|.*?||', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)
else:
pattern = None