diff --git a/method.py b/method.py
index c10ca46..287c8cd 100644
--- a/method.py
+++ b/method.py
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ class SvnBlame(Method):
             w.application.set_error("There was an error (%s)" % (status))
     
 class CvsStatus(Method):
-    regex1 = re.compile('^File: (.+?) +?\tStatus: (.*?)$')
+    regex1 = re.compile('^File: (.+?) *\tStatus: (.*?)$')
     regex2 = re.compile('^   Working revision:\t([0-9\.]+)$')
     regex3 = re.compile('^   Repository revision:\t([0-9\.]+)\t(.*)$')
     regex4 = re.compile('^   Sticky Tag:\t\t\((.*)\)$')