diff --git a/git-remote-hg b/git-remote-hg
index 99468cf..4890e40 100755
--- a/git-remote-hg
+++ b/git-remote-hg
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import time as ptime
 NAME_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+)')
 AUTHOR_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+?)? ?[<>]([^<>]*)(?:$|>)')
 EMAIL_RE = re.compile(r'([^ \t<>]+@[^ \t<>]+)')
-AUTHOR_HG_RE = re.compile('^(.*?) ?<(.*?)(?:>(.+)?)?$')
+AUTHOR_HG_RE = re.compile('^(.*?) ?<(.*?)(?:>(.*))?$')
 RAW_AUTHOR_RE = re.compile('^(\w+) (?:(.+)? )?<(.*)> (\d+) ([+-]\d+)')
 
 VERSION = 2