diff --git a/ct-ng.comp b/ct-ng.comp
index 2b5c2505..87f42e8a 100644
--- a/ct-ng.comp
+++ b/ct-ng.comp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ _ct-ng () {
     show_samples=$(echo "${samples}" |sed -r -e 's/(^| )/\1show-/g;')
 
     steps=$(${COMP_WORDS[0]} list-steps 2>/dev/null |awk '$1 == "-" { print $2; }')
-    start_steps=$(echo "${steps}" |sed -r -e 's/(^| )/\1+/;')
+    start_steps=$(echo "${steps}" |sed -r -e 's/($| )/\1+/;')
     stop_steps=$(echo "${steps}" |sed -r -e 's/(^| )/+\1/;')
 
     actions='menuconfig oldconfig saveconfig