diff --git a/scripts/roles.coffee b/scripts/roles.coffee
index 3fe20c5..7b78ec9 100644
--- a/scripts/roles.coffee
+++ b/scripts/roles.coffee
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module.exports = (robot) ->
       else
         msg.send "#{name}? Never heard of 'em"
 
-  robot.respond /@?([\w .\-_]+?) is (["'\w: \-_]+)[.!]*$/i, (msg) ->
+  robot.respond /@?([\w .\-_]+?) is (.+)[.!]*$/i, (msg) ->
     name    = msg.match[1].trim()
     newRole = msg.match[2].trim()
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module.exports = (robot) ->
         else
           msg.send "I don't know anything about #{name}."
 
-  robot.respond /@?([\w .\-_]+?) is not (["'\w: \-_]+)[.!]*$/i, (msg) ->
+  robot.respond /@?([\w .\-_]+?) is not (.+)[.!]*$/i, (msg) ->
     name    = msg.match[1].trim()
     newRole = msg.match[2].trim()