diff --git a/lib/src/compiler/mod.rs b/lib/src/compiler/mod.rs
index b29114a3a..5fc3abd3c 100644
--- a/lib/src/compiler/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/compiler/mod.rs
@@ -2149,8 +2149,8 @@ impl<'a> Compiler<'a> {
                 MinMaxResult::NoElements => true,
                 // Only one atom shorter than 2 bytes, slow pattern.
                 MinMaxResult::OneElement(len) if len < 2 => true,
-                // More than one atom, but all shorter than 2 bytes.
-                MinMaxResult::MinMax(_, max) if max < 2 => true,
+                // More than one atom, at least one is shorter than 2 bytes.
+                MinMaxResult::MinMax(min, _) if min < 2 => true,
                 // More than 2700 atoms, all with exactly 2 bytes.
                 // Why 2700?. The larger the number of atoms the higher the
                 // odds of finding one of them in the data, which slows down
diff --git a/lib/src/compiler/tests/testdata/warnings/23.in b/lib/src/compiler/tests/testdata/warnings/23.in
index 9ce1726bd..4037e2418 100644
--- a/lib/src/compiler/tests/testdata/warnings/23.in
+++ b/lib/src/compiler/tests/testdata/warnings/23.in
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-rule test {
+rule test_1 {
   strings:
     $a = {00 [1-10] 01}
-  condition: 
+  condition:
     $a
+}
+
+rule test_2 {
+	strings:
+	  $a = /a.*/
+	condition:
+	  $a
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/src/compiler/tests/testdata/warnings/23.out b/lib/src/compiler/tests/testdata/warnings/23.out
index 7de9bee7b..9a30901e4 100644
--- a/lib/src/compiler/tests/testdata/warnings/23.out
+++ b/lib/src/compiler/tests/testdata/warnings/23.out
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ warning[slow_pattern]: slow pattern
 3 |     $a = {00 [1-10] 01}
   |     ------------------ this pattern may slow down the scan
   |
+warning[slow_pattern]: slow pattern
+  --> line:10:4
+   |
+10 |    $a = /a.*/
+   |    ---------- this pattern may slow down the scan
+   |
diff --git a/py/src/lib.rs b/py/src/lib.rs
index d49966bfb..7ad1dc9ba 100644
--- a/py/src/lib.rs
+++ b/py/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,12 +59,8 @@ impl Compiler {
         error_on_slow_pattern: bool,
     ) -> yrx::Compiler<'static> {
         let mut compiler = yrx::Compiler::new();
-        if relaxed_re_syntax {
-            compiler.relaxed_re_syntax(true);
-        }
-        if error_on_slow_pattern {
-            compiler.error_on_slow_pattern(true);
-        }
+        compiler.relaxed_re_syntax(relaxed_re_syntax);
+        compiler.error_on_slow_pattern(error_on_slow_pattern);
         compiler
     }
 }