diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
index 01a31d180..6dd902807 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class Application_Model_Preference
         
         // we need this function to work with 2.0 version on default_fade value in cc_pref
         // it has 00:00:00.000000 format where in 2.1 we have 00.000000 format
-        if(preg_match("/([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}).([0-9]{6})", $fade, $matches) == 1 && count($matches) == 5){
+        if(preg_match("/([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}).([0-9]{6})/", $fade, $matches) == 1 && count($matches) == 5){
             $out = 0;
             $out += intval($matches[1] * 3600);
             $out += intval($matches[2] * 60);