diff --git a/processor/regex.go b/processor/regex.go
index 293d84c..d0ec97d 100644
--- a/processor/regex.go
+++ b/processor/regex.go
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ func ProcessRegex(content string, command utils.ModifyCommand, filename string)
 	// We don't HAVE to do this multiple times for a pattern
 	// But it's quick enough for us to not care
 	pattern := resolveRegexPlaceholders(command.Regex)
+	// I'm not too happy about having to trim regex, we could have meaningful whitespace or newlines
+	// But it's a compromise that allows us to use | in yaml
+	// Otherwise we would have to escape every god damn pair of quotation marks
+	// And a bunch of other shit
+	pattern = strings.TrimSpace(pattern)
 	logger.Debug("Compiling regex pattern: %s", pattern)
 
 	patternCompileStart := time.Now()