diff --git a/lib/riverscapes/riverscapes/classes/RiverscapesAPI.py b/lib/riverscapes/riverscapes/classes/RiverscapesAPI.py
index fc5c3ee23..532ee9061 100644
--- a/lib/riverscapes/riverscapes/classes/RiverscapesAPI.py
+++ b/lib/riverscapes/riverscapes/classes/RiverscapesAPI.py
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ def download_files(self, project_id: str, download_dir: str, re_filter: List[str
                 continue
             # now filter the
             if re_filter is not None and len(re_filter) > 0:
-                if not any([re.compile(x).match(file['localPath'], re.IGNORECASE) for x in re_filter]):
+                if not any([re.compile(x, re.IGNORECASE).match(file['localPath'], ) for x in re_filter]):
                     continue
             filtered_files.append(file)