diff --git a/dataforge-data/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/data/DataFilter.kt b/dataforge-data/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/data/DataFilter.kt
index 987d8412..a55aac9d 100644
--- a/dataforge-data/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/data/DataFilter.kt
+++ b/dataforge-data/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/data/DataFilter.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class DataFilter(override val config: Config) : Specific {
     /**
      * A regular expression pattern for the filter
      */
-    var pattern by string("*.")
+    var pattern by string(".*")
 //    val prefix by string()
 //    val suffix by string()