diff --git a/zsh-expand.plugin.zsh b/zsh-expand.plugin.zsh
index 650ef05..256289d 100644
--- a/zsh-expand.plugin.zsh
+++ b/zsh-expand.plugin.zsh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fi
 
 #{{{                    MARK:regex
 #**************************************************************
-ZPWR_VARS[builtinSkips]='(command|exec|eval|nocorrect|noglob|-)'
+ZPWR_VARS[builtinSkips]='(builtin|command|exec|eval|noglob|-)'
 
 ZPWR_VARS[blacklistUser]=""
 if (( $#ZPWR_EXPAND_BLACKLIST )); then
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fi
     ZPWR_VARS[blacklistSubcommandPositionRegex]='^(cargo|jenv|svn|git|ng|pod|docker|kubectl|rndc|yarn|npm|pip[0-9\.]*|bundle|rails|gem|nmcli|brew|apt|dnf|yum|zypper|pacman|service|proxychains[0-9\.]*|zpwr|zm|zd|zg|zinit)$'
     # the main regex to match x=1 \builtin* 'command'* '"sudo"' -* y=2 \env* -* z=3 cmd arg1 arg2 etc
 
-    ZPWR_VARS[continueFirstPositionRegexNoZpwr]="^([$ws]*)((${sq}(nocorrect|time)${eq}[$ws]+)*(${sq}builtin${eq}[$ws]+)*(${sq}${ZPWR_VARS[builtinSkips]}${eq}[$ws]+)*)?((${sq}[sS][uU][dD][oO]${eq}([$ws]+)(${sq}(-[ABbEHnPSis]+${eq}[$ws]*|-[CghpTu][$ws=]+[$l]*${eq}[$ws]+|--${eq})*)*)*(${sq}[eE][nN][vV]${eq}[$ws]+(${sq}-[iv]+${eq}[$ws]*|-[PSu][$ws=]+[$l]*${eq}[$ws]+|--${eq})*)*(${sq}[nN][iI][cC][eE]${eq}[$ws]+)*(${sq}[tT][iI][mM][eE]${eq}[$ws]+)*)*([$ws]*)(.*)$"
+    ZPWR_VARS[continueFirstPositionRegexNoZpwr]="^([$ws]*)((${sq}(-|nocorrect|time)${eq}[$ws]+)*(${sq}builtin${eq}[$ws]+)*(${sq}${ZPWR_VARS[builtinSkips]}${eq}[$ws]+)*)?((${sq}[sS][uU][dD][oO]${eq}([$ws]+)(${sq}(-[ABbEHnPSis]+${eq}[$ws]*|-[CghpTu][$ws=]+[$l]*${eq}[$ws]+|--${eq})*)*)*(${sq}[eE][nN][vV]${eq}[$ws]+(${sq}-[iv]+${eq}[$ws]*|-[PSu][$ws=]+[$l]*${eq}[$ws]+|--${eq})*)*(${sq}[nN][iI][cC][eE]${eq}[$ws]+)*(${sq}[tT][iI][mM][eE]${eq}[$ws]+)*)*([$ws]*)(.*)$"
 }