diff --git a/hg2git.py b/hg2git.py
index 72967d2..ecaac17 100755
--- a/hg2git.py
+++ b/hg2git.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cfg_master='master'
 # default origin name
 origin_name=''
 # silly regex to see if user field has email address
-user_re=re.compile('([^<]+) (<[^>]+>)$')
+user_re=re.compile('([^<]+) (<[^>]*>)$')
 # silly regex to clean out user names
 user_clean_re=re.compile('^["]([^"]+)["]$')