diff --git a/system/libraries/Parser.php b/system/libraries/Parser.php
index 011d959..e276a0d 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Parser.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Parser.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 	 */
 	function _match_pair($string, $variable)
 	{
-		if ( ! preg_match("|".$this->l_delim . $variable . $this->r_delim."(.+)".$this->l_delim . '/' . $variable . $this->r_delim."|s", $string, $match))
+		if ( ! preg_match("|".$this->l_delim . $variable . $this->r_delim."(.+?)".$this->l_delim . '/' . $variable . $this->r_delim."|s", $string, $match))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}