diff --git a/todo.sh b/todo.sh
index 6eab98f..62f2d7f 100755
--- a/todo.sh
+++ b/todo.sh
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ case $action in
 
     if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
         #it's all good, continue
-        sed -i.bak -e $2"s/^(.*) //" "$TODO_FILE"
+        sed -i.bak -e $2"s/^([^)]*) //" "$TODO_FILE"
         NEWTODO=$(sed "$2!d" "$TODO_FILE")
         [ $TODOTXT_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo -e "`echo "$item: $NEWTODO"`"
         [ $TODOTXT_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "TODO: $item deprioritized."