diff --git a/bits/70_xlsx.js b/bits/70_xlsx.js
index 2172c4c..618ba3d 100644
--- a/bits/70_xlsx.js
+++ b/bits/70_xlsx.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function parseSheet(data) {
 
 	/* 18.3.1.80 sheetData CT_SheetData ? */
 	if(!data.match(/<sheetData *\/>/))
-	data.match(/<sheetData>([^]*)<\/sheetData>/m)[1].split("</row>").forEach(function(x) {
+	data.match(/<sheetData>([^\u2603]*)<\/sheetData>/m)[1].split("</row>").forEach(function(x) {
 		if(x === "" || x.trim() === "") return;
 
 		/* 18.3.1.73 row CT_Row */
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function parseSheet(data) {
 }
 
 // matches <foo>...</foo> extracts content
-function matchtag(f,g) {return new RegExp('<'+f+'(?: xml:space="preserve")?>([^]*)</'+f+'>',(g||"")+"m");}
+function matchtag(f,g) {return new RegExp('<'+f+'(?: xml:space="preserve")?>([^\u2603]*)</'+f+'>',(g||"")+"m");}
 
 function parseVector(data) {
 	var h = parsexmltag(data);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19421dc..6db2553 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "xlsx",
-	"version": "0.2.4",
+	"version": "0.2.5",
 	"author": "Niggler",
 	"description": "(one day) a full-featured XLSX parser and writer.  For now, primitive parser",
 	"keywords": [
diff --git a/xlsx.js b/xlsx.js
index 2a42f89..383e482 100644
--- a/xlsx.js
+++ b/xlsx.js
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ function parseSheet(data) {
 
 	/* 18.3.1.80 sheetData CT_SheetData ? */
 	if(!data.match(/<sheetData *\/>/))
-	data.match(/<sheetData>([^]*)<\/sheetData>/m)[1].split("</row>").forEach(function(x) {
+	data.match(/<sheetData>([^\u2603]*)<\/sheetData>/m)[1].split("</row>").forEach(function(x) {
 		if(x === "" || x.trim() === "") return;
 
 		/* 18.3.1.73 row CT_Row */
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ function parseSheet(data) {
 }
 
 // matches <foo>...</foo> extracts content
-function matchtag(f,g) {return new RegExp('<'+f+'(?: xml:space="preserve")?>([^]*)</'+f+'>',(g||"")+"m");}
+function matchtag(f,g) {return new RegExp('<'+f+'(?: xml:space="preserve")?>([^\u2603]*)</'+f+'>',(g||"")+"m");}
 
 function parseVector(data) {
 	var h = parsexmltag(data);