diff --git a/CanlabCore/@atlas/select_atlas_subset.m b/CanlabCore/@atlas/select_atlas_subset.m
index 7b3b0ec1..1237aa36 100644
--- a/CanlabCore/@atlas/select_atlas_subset.m
+++ b/CanlabCore/@atlas/select_atlas_subset.m
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     
     % Find which names match
     if doexact == false
-        wh = ~cellfun(@isempty, strfind(obj.(mylabelsfield), strings_to_find{i}));
+        wh = ~cellfun(@isempty, regexp(obj.(mylabelsfield), strings_to_find{i}));
         if strmatch(mylabelsfield, 'label_descriptions')
             wh=wh'; 
         end