diff --git a/examples/src/pages/tests/utils/debug.spec.ts b/examples/src/pages/tests/utils/debug.spec.ts
index c7a9985e..2456dfb1 100644
--- a/examples/src/pages/tests/utils/debug.spec.ts
+++ b/examples/src/pages/tests/utils/debug.spec.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,34 @@ export default test.describe.parallel('debug', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  test.only('should allow * use in the middle', () => {
+    let args: string[] = [];
+    debug.enable = 'channel1:*:x';
+    debug.logFn = (...x: string[]) => {
+      args = x;
+    };
+    const oneax = debug('channel1:a:x');
+    const onebx = debug('channel1:b:x');
+    const oneaz = debug('channel1:a:z');
+    const onecx = debug('channel1:c:x');
+
+    oneax('1ax');
+    expect(args).toEqual(['%c[channel1:a:x]', 'color: red', '1ax']);
+
+    onebx('1bx');
+    expect(args).toEqual(['%c[channel1:b:x]', 'color: green', '1bx']);
+
+    oneaz('1az');
+    // expect no changes, since z is not enabled
+    expect(args).toEqual(['%c[channel1:b:x]', 'color: green', '1bx']);
+
+    oneaz('1az');
+    // expect no changes, since z is not enabled
+    expect(args).toEqual(['%c[channel1:b:x]', 'color: green', '1bx']);
+
+    onecx('1cx');
+    expect(args).toEqual(['%c[channel1:c:x]', 'color: red', '1cx']);
+  });
   test('should only log for enabled channels', () => {
     let args: string[] = [];
     debug.enable = 'channel2,channel1:*';
diff --git a/source/src/components/InfiniteTable/index.tsx b/source/src/components/InfiniteTable/index.tsx
index 4a073e32..f32360b8 100644
--- a/source/src/components/InfiniteTable/index.tsx
+++ b/source/src/components/InfiniteTable/index.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ import { HScrollSyncContent } from './components/HScrollSyncContent';
 import { useGridScroll } from './hooks/useGridScroll';
 import { useVisibleColumnSizes } from './hooks/useVisibleColumnSizes';
 
-
 export const InfiniteTableClassName = internalProps.rootClassName;
 
 const HOVERED_CLASS_NAMES = [RowHoverCls, 'InfiniteColumnCell--hovered'];
diff --git a/source/src/utils/debugPackage.ts b/source/src/utils/debugPackage.ts
index 771eaecf..a373ade2 100644
--- a/source/src/utils/debugPackage.ts
+++ b/source/src/utils/debugPackage.ts
@@ -141,10 +141,16 @@ const enabledChannelsCache = new Map<string, boolean>();
  * If the permission token does not contain the channel, it returns undefined.
  *
  * @param channel A specific channel like "a:b:c" - cannot contain wildcards
- * @param permissionToken a permission token like "a:b:c" or "d:e:f" or "d:x:*" or "*" - the value can contain wildcards, but cannot have comma separated values
+ * @param permissionToken a permission token like "a:b:c" or "d:e:f" or "d:x:*" or "d:*:f" or "*" - the value can contain wildcards, but cannot have comma separated values
  *
  */
-function isChannelTargeted(channel: string, permissionToken: string) {
+function isChannelTargeted(
+  channel: string,
+  permissionToken: string,
+): boolean | undefined {
+  if (channel === permissionToken) {
+    return true;
+  }
   const parts = channel.split(CHANNEL_SEPARATOR);
   const partsMap = new DeepMap<string, boolean>();
   partsMap.set(parts, true);
@@ -153,14 +159,32 @@ function isChannelTargeted(channel: string, permissionToken: string) {
 
   const hasWildcard = new Set(tokenParts).has(CHANNEL_WILDCARD);
 
+  const indexOfToken = tokenParts.indexOf(CHANNEL_WILDCARD);
   const storagePartsWithoutWildcard = hasWildcard
-    ? tokenParts.slice(0, tokenParts.indexOf(CHANNEL_WILDCARD))
+    ? tokenParts.slice(0, indexOfToken)
     : tokenParts;
 
   if (
     partsMap.getKeysStartingWith(storagePartsWithoutWildcard, hasWildcard)
       .length > 0
   ) {
+    const remainingParts = tokenParts.slice(indexOfToken + 1);
+    if (remainingParts.length) {
+      // there are some remaining parts after the wildcard token in the permission token
+      // so we need to check for that
+      // we do that by replacing the current token with the actual part that was matched
+
+      const tokenWithOnePartReplaced = tokenParts
+        .map((part, index) => {
+          if (index === indexOfToken) {
+            return parts[index];
+          }
+          return part;
+        })
+        .join(CHANNEL_SEPARATOR);
+      return isChannelTargeted(channel, tokenWithOnePartReplaced);
+    }
+
     return true;
   }
   return undefined;