diff --git a/R/rwhatsapp.R b/R/rwhatsapp.R
index a8e781a..31578b9 100755
--- a/R/rwhatsapp.R
+++ b/R/rwhatsapp.R
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ rwa_read <- function(x,
   chat_raw <- chat_raw[!chat_raw == ""]
   time <- stri_extract_first_regex(
     str = chat_raw,
-    pattern = "^\\d{2,4}.\\d{2}.\\d{2,4} - \\d{2}:\\d{2}[^;]+;|^\\d{2,4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2,4}[^-]+ -|[^-]+ - "
+    pattern = "^\\d{2,4}.\\d{2}.\\d{2,4} - \\d{2}:\\d{2}[^;]+;|^\\d{2,4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2,4}[^-]+ -"
   )
   if (sum(is.na(time)) > (length(time) * 0.9)) {
     time <- stri_extract_first_regex(str = chat_raw,
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ rwa_read <- function(x,
         pattern = "^[^A-z]*\\d{1,2}:\\d{1,2}(\\sAM|\\sPM){0,1}"
     )
   }
+  if (sum(is.na(time)) > (length(time) * 0.9)) {
+    time <- stri_extract_first_regex(
+      str = chat_raw,
+      pattern = "[^-]+ - "
+    )
+  }
 
   proper_time <- stri_detect_regex(
     str = time,