diff --git a/jrnl/Entry.py b/jrnl/Entry.py
index b23086e2..001eae18 100755
--- a/jrnl/Entry.py
+++ b/jrnl/Entry.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Entry:
 
     @staticmethod
     def tag_regex(tagsymbols):
-        pattern = r'(?u)(?:^|\s)([{tags}][-+*#/\w]+)'.format(tags=tagsymbols)
+        pattern = r'(?:^|\s)([{tags}][-+*#/\w]+)'.format(tags=tagsymbols)
         return re.compile(pattern, re.UNICODE)
 
     def _parse_tags(self):