diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ExternalResourcesPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ExternalResourcesPage.cpp
index 0b1dc4f3..02eeae3d 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ExternalResourcesPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ExternalResourcesPage.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace {
 // FIXME: wasteful
 void RemoveThePrefix(QString& string)
 {
-    QRegularExpression regex(QStringLiteral("^(([Tt][Hh][eE])|([Tt][eE][Hh])) +"));
+    QRegularExpression regex(QStringLiteral("^(?:the|teh) +"), QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption);
     string.remove(regex);
     string = string.trimmed();
 }