diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 0f288c4..a38d70e 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -6603,7 +6603,7 @@ sub nic_dnsmadeeasy_update {
         next if !header_ok($h, $reply);
         my @reply = split /\n/, $reply;
         my $returned = pop(@reply);
-        if ($returned =~ 'success') {
+        if ($returned =~ qr/success/) {
             $config{$h}{'ip'} = $ip;
             $config{$h}{'mtime'} = $now;
             $config{$h}{'status'} = 'good';