diff --git a/lib/DDG/Goodie/IsValid/XML.pm b/lib/DDG/Goodie/IsValid/XML.pm
index 0b6708ad7..322a21ae3 100644
--- a/lib/DDG/Goodie/IsValid/XML.pm
+++ b/lib/DDG/Goodie/IsValid/XML.pm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ handle remainder => sub {
 
 #	    warn $_;
 
-		$_ =~ /^\n?(.* at line \d+, column \d+, byte \d+) at/;
+		$_ =~ /\n?(.* at line \d+, column \d+, byte \d+) at/;
 
 		return ('invalid: ', $1);
 	};
diff --git a/t/IsValid.t b/t/IsValid.t
index 3617f183f..e446bc694 100644
--- a/t/IsValid.t
+++ b/t/IsValid.t
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ ddg_goodie_test(
 ddg_goodie_test(
 	[qw(DDG::Goodie::IsValid::XML)],
 	'is valid xml <test>lol' => test_zci(
-		'Your XML is invalid: no element found at line 1, column 10, byte 9',
-		html => 'Your XML is invalid: <pre style="font-size:12px;margin-top:5px;">no element found at line 1, column 10, byte 9</pre>'
+		qr/Your XML is invalid: no element found at line \d{1,2}, column \d{1,2}, byte \d{1,2}/,
+		html => qr/Your XML is invalid: <pre style="font-size:12px;margin-top:5px;">no element found at line \d{1,2}, column \d{1,2}, byte \d{1,2}<\/pre>/
 	)
 );