diff --git a/pyfpdb/XTables.py b/pyfpdb/XTables.py
index fd9189c6..b9a363d0 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/XTables.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/XTables.py
@@ -44,13 +44,19 @@ class Table(Table_Window):
 
     def find_table_parameters(self):
 
+        reg = '''
+                \s+(?P<XID>[\dxabcdef]+)    # XID in hex
+                \s(?P<TITLE>.+):            # window title
+            '''
+
         self.number = None
         for listing in os.popen('xwininfo -root -tree').readlines():
             if re.search(self.search_string, listing, re.I):
-                mo = re.match('\s+([\dxabcdef]+) (.+):\s\(\"([a-zA-Z0-9\-.]+)\".+  (\d+)x(\d+)\+\d+\+\d+  \+(\d+)\+(\d+)', listing)
-                title  = re.sub('\"', '', mo.group(2))
+                mo = re.match(reg, listing, re.VERBOSE)
+#                mo = re.match('\s+([\dxabcdef]+) (.+):\s\(\"([a-zA-Z0-9\-.]+)\".+  (\d+)x(\d+)\+\d+\+\d+  \+(\d+)\+(\d+)', listing)
+                title  = re.sub('\"', '', mo.groupdict()["TITLE"])
                 if self.check_bad_words(title): continue
-                self.number = int( mo.group(1), 0)
+                self.number = int( mo.groupdict()["XID"], 0 )
                 self.title = title
                 self.hud    = None   # specified later
                 break