diff --git a/plugins/factoid.go b/plugins/factoid.go
index adafe20..6bf0e76 100644
--- a/plugins/factoid.go
+++ b/plugins/factoid.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func NewFactoidPlugin(bot *bot.Bot) *FactoidPlugin {
 
 // findAction simply regexes a string for the action verb
 func findAction(message string) string {
-	r, err := regexp.Compile("<.+?>| is | are ")
+	r, err := regexp.Compile("<.+?>")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}