diff --git a/event.py b/event.py
index a6eab2c..b8bbd33 100644
--- a/event.py
+++ b/event.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Index( object ):
         ( pre, yamldata, docdata ) = re.split( "^---$", indata, flags = re.MULTILINE )
         self.fields = yaml.load( yamldata, Loader = yaml.SafeLoader )
         doc = docdata.strip()
-        bits = re.split( r"^\**$", doc, flags = re.MULTILINE )        
+        bits = re.split( r"^\*+$", doc, flags = re.MULTILINE )        
         self.doc = bits.pop( 0 )
         self.updates = [ x.strip() for x in bits ]