diff --git a/src/LaTeX.C b/src/LaTeX.C
index 7590361926..e9d932178f 100644
--- a/src/LaTeX.C
+++ b/src/LaTeX.C
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ void LaTeX::deplog(DepTable & head)
 
 	string logfile = OnlyFilename(ChangeExtension(file, ".log"));
 
-	LRegex reg1(")* *\\(([^ \\)]+).*");
+	LRegex reg1("\\)* *\\(([^ )]+).*");
 	LRegex reg2("File: ([^ ]+).*");
 	LRegex reg3("No file ([^ ]+)\\..*");
 	LRegex reg4("\\\\openout[0-9]+.*=.*`([^ ]+)'\\..*");