diff --git a/robopage.py b/robopage.py
index 8af2f2e..c50d488 100644
--- a/robopage.py
+++ b/robopage.py
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ class RoboPage(discord.Client):
         self.jokes = list(attrs)
         self.most_regex = re.compile(
             "^who is the most\s+(?P<emoji>\S+)\s*?(?:in the past (?P<days>\d+) days)?\??$",
-            re.IGNORECASE & re.UNICODE,
+            re.IGNORECASE,
         )
         self.leaderboard_regex = re.compile(
-            '^most (?P<emoji>\S+) (leaderboard|((?:.+?(?P<days>\d+) days)))',
-            re.IGNORECASE & re.UNICODE
+            '^most\s*?(?P<emoji>\S+?)\s*?(leaderboard|((?:.+?(?P<days>\d+) days)))',
+            re.IGNORECASE
         )
 
     async def handle_ready(self):