diff --git a/symmetric/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/route/ColumnMatchDataRouter.java b/symmetric/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/route/ColumnMatchDataRouter.java
index 2ce8a7100a..3b81576622 100644
--- a/symmetric/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/route/ColumnMatchDataRouter.java
+++ b/symmetric/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/route/ColumnMatchDataRouter.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ protected List<Expression> getExpressions(Router router, SimpleRouterContext con
     protected List<Expression> parse(String routerExpression) {
         List<Expression> expressions = new ArrayList<Expression>();       
         if (!StringUtils.isBlank(routerExpression)) {           
-            String[] expTokens = routerExpression.split("\r\n|\r|\n|\\s*or\\s*|\\s*OR\\s*");
+            String[] expTokens = routerExpression.split("\r\n|\r|\n|\\s+|or\\s+|\\s+OR\\s+");
             if (expTokens != null) {
                 for (String t : expTokens) {
                     if (!StringUtils.isBlank(t)) {