diff --git a/suricataparser/parse.py b/suricataparser/parse.py
index c28e90b..3803e91 100644
--- a/suricataparser/parse.py
+++ b/suricataparser/parse.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 from suricataparser.rule import Rule, Option, Metadata
 
 
-rule_pattern = re.compile(r"^(?P<enabled>#)*[\s#]*"
-                          r"(?P<raw>"
+rule_pattern = re.compile(r"(?P<raw>"
+                          r"^(?P<enabled>#)*[\s#]*"
                           r"(?P<header>[^()]+)"
                           r"\((?P<options>.*)\)"
                           r"$)")