diff --git a/lisp/org-babel-lob.el b/lisp/org-babel-lob.el
index 58e55a741..040f0dd9e 100644
--- a/lisp/org-babel-lob.el
+++ b/lisp/org-babel-lob.el
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ add files to this list use the `org-babel-lob-ingest' command."
 
 ;; functions for executing lob one-liners
 
-(defvar org-babel-lob-one-liner-regexp "#\\+lob:[ \t]+\\(.+?\\)\(\\(.*\\)\)")
+(defvar org-babel-lob-one-liner-regexp "#\\+lob:[ \t]+\\([^\(\)\n]+\\)\(\\([^\n]+\\)\)[ \t]*\n")
 
 (defun org-babel-lob-execute-maybe ()
   "Detect if this is context for a org-babel Library Of Babel