diff --git a/utils/pathfunctions.py b/utils/pathfunctions.py
index 0856788..2c8fab8 100644
--- a/utils/pathfunctions.py
+++ b/utils/pathfunctions.py
@@ -142,11 +142,12 @@ def inspect_parquet(path):
 
 def regulator(paths, case_insensitive=True):
     """
-    Build a Python raw string regex that matches any of the given Windows path fragments.
+    Build a regex pattern that matches any of the given Windows path fragments.
     """
     escaped = [re.escape(p) for p in paths]
     pattern = "(?:" + "|".join(escaped) + ")"
     if case_insensitive:
-        pattern = pattern
-        print(f"Regulator is providing {pattern}")
-    return f'r"{pattern}"'
+        pattern = "(?i)" + pattern  # Add inline case-insensitive flag
+    print(f"Regulator is providing: {pattern}")
+    return pattern
+