diff --git a/syntaxes/teal.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/teal.tmLanguage.json
index c7324d2..c239b88 100644
--- a/syntaxes/teal.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/teal.tmLanguage.json
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 					]
 				},
 				{
-					"match": "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\s*(?=.+=)",
+					"match": "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\s*(?=.*=)",
 					"name": "variable.other.teal"
 				},
 				{