diff --git a/client/jailreader.py b/client/jailreader.py
index af66b1a4..6bd712a2 100644
--- a/client/jailreader.py
+++ b/client/jailreader.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ logSys = logging.getLogger("fail2ban.client.config")
 
 class JailReader(ConfigReader):
 	
+	actionCRE = re.compile("^((?:\w|-|_|\.)+)(?:\[(.*)\])?$")
+	
 	def __init__(self, name):
 		ConfigReader.__init__(self)
 		self.name = name
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class JailReader(ConfigReader):
 	
 	@staticmethod
 	def splitAction(action):
-		m = re.match("^((?:\w|-|_|\.)+)(?:\[(.*)\])?$", action)
+		m = JailReader.actionCRE.match(action)
 		d = dict()
 		if m.group(2) <> None:
 			for param in m.group(2).split(','):
diff --git a/server/filter.py b/server/filter.py
index 3d51d3ed..081a83e7 100644
--- a/server/filter.py
+++ b/server/filter.py
@@ -468,8 +468,8 @@ import socket, struct
 
 class DNSUtils:
 	
-	dnsRe = re.compile("(?:(?:\w|-)+\.){2,}\w+")
-	ipRe = re.compile("(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}")
+	dnsCRE = re.compile("(?:(?:\w|-)+\.){2,}\w+")
+	ipCRE = re.compile("(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}")
 	
 	@staticmethod
 	def dnsToIp(dns):
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class DNSUtils:
 		""" Search for possible DNS in an arbitrary text.
 			Thanks to Tom Pike.
 		"""
-		match = dnsRe.find(text)
+		match = DNSUtils.dnsCRE.match(text)
 		if match:
 			return match
 		else:
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ class DNSUtils:
 		""" Search if an IP address if directly available and return
 			it.
 		"""
-		match = ipRe.find(text)
+		print DNSUtils.ipCRE
+		match = DNSUtils.ipCRE.match(text)
 		if match:
 			return match
 		else: