diff --git a/check_numberdealers.py b/check_numberdealers.py
index 6c4039b..fa2b251 100755
--- a/check_numberdealers.py
+++ b/check_numberdealers.py
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ for line in sys.stdin:
 		message = re.sub(r"^[#>]* *|[*_`]*", "", message)
 		for emoji, numb in NUMBER_EMOJI.items():
 			message = re.sub(f" *:{emoji}: *", numb, message)
-		for numb in range(0, 9+1):
-			message = re.sub(f" *:(green)?num{numb}: *", str(numb), message)
+		message = re.sub(" *:(?:green)?num([0-9]+): *", lambda m: m.group(1), message)
 		message = message.replace("\ufe0f", "").replace("\u20e3", "")
 		message = message.strip()
 	else: