diff --git a/producer/src/main/kotlin/streams/RoutingConfiguration.kt b/producer/src/main/kotlin/streams/RoutingConfiguration.kt
index 1cedc8b2..50201af3 100644
--- a/producer/src/main/kotlin/streams/RoutingConfiguration.kt
+++ b/producer/src/main/kotlin/streams/RoutingConfiguration.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import org.neo4j.logging.Log
 import streams.events.*
 
 
-private val PATTERN_REG: Regex = "^(\\s*\\:*\\s*\\`*\\s*\\w+\\s*(?:\\:*\\s*\\`*\\s*\\:?(?:[\\w\\`|\\*]+)\\s*)*\\`*\\:?)\\s*(?:\\{\\s*(-?[\\w|\\*]+\\s*(?:,\\s*-?[\\w|\\*]+\\s*)*)\\})?\$".toRegex()
+private val PATTERN_REG: Regex = "^(\\s*\\:*\\s*\\`*\\s*[\\w-]+\\s*(?:\\:*\\s*\\`*\\s*\\:?(?:[\\w-\\`|\\*]+)\\s*)*\\`*\\:?)\\s*(?:\\{\\s*(-?[\\w-|\\*]+\\s*(?:,\\s*-?[\\w-|\\*]+\\s*)*)\\})?\$".toRegex()
 private val PATTERN_COLON_REG = "\\s*:\\s*(?=(?:[^\\`]*\\`[^\\`]*\\`)*[^\\`]*\$)".toRegex()
 private val PATTERN_COMMA = "\\s*,\\s*".toRegex()
 private const val PATTERN_WILDCARD = "*"
diff --git a/producer/src/test/kotlin/streams/RoutingConfigurationTest.kt b/producer/src/test/kotlin/streams/RoutingConfigurationTest.kt
index acd73ea1..d559a54e 100644
--- a/producer/src/test/kotlin/streams/RoutingConfigurationTest.kt
+++ b/producer/src/test/kotlin/streams/RoutingConfigurationTest.kt
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ class RoutingConfigurationTest {
         assertTrue { routing[0].include.isEmpty() }
         assertTrue { routing[0].exclude.isEmpty() }
 
-        routing = RoutingConfigurationFactory.getRoutingConfiguration("topic4", "KNOWS;LOVES{p1, p2}", EntityType.relationship) as List<RelationshipRoutingConfiguration>
+        routing = RoutingConfigurationFactory.getRoutingConfiguration("topic4", "BELONGS-TO;LOVES{p1, p2}", EntityType.relationship) as List<RelationshipRoutingConfiguration>
         assertEquals(2, routing.size)
         assertEquals("topic4", routing[0].topic)
         assertEquals(RelKeyStrategy.DEFAULT, routing[0].relKeyStrategy)
         assertTrue { routing[0].all }
-        assertEquals("KNOWS",routing[0].name)
+        assertEquals("BELONGS-TO",routing[0].name)
         assertTrue { routing[0].include.isEmpty() }
         assertTrue { routing[0].exclude.isEmpty() }
         assertEquals("topic4", routing[1].topic)