diff --git a/core/base.module.sh b/core/base.module.sh
index 4aacf72..9c89e94 100755
--- a/core/base.module.sh
+++ b/core/base.module.sh
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function prepare.setREGEX() {
     REGEX[COMMAND]='^([]a-zA-Z0-9[|/_:,." -]+)$'                 #WARNING: Escaping does not work properly here, so we need to position the special characters in a clever way.
     REGEX[COMPOSITION]='^[a-zA-Z]([a-zA-Z0-9_-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])?$'
     REGEX[DOMAIN]='^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\.-]*)?[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'
-    REGEX[FULLDIRPATH]='^/([a-zA-Z0-9\._-]+/)*$'
+    REGEX[DIRPATH]='/([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*'
     REGEX[SNAPSHOT]='^@[a-zA-Z]([a-zA-Z0-9\.:_-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])?$'
     REGEX[SYNCSNAPSHOT]='^@SYNC_[a-zA-Z0-9\.:_-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]$'
     REGEX[USER]='^[a-zA-Z]([-a-zA-Z0-9\._]*[a-zA-Z0-9])?$'
diff --git a/module/composition.module.sh b/module/composition.module.sh
index fcb87d9..6122b50 100755
--- a/module/composition.module.sh
+++ b/module/composition.module.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function composition.start() {
     _COMPOSITION_HOME_FILE="${CIS[COMPOSITIONS]:?"Missing CIS_COMPOSITIONS"}${_COMPOSITION}/home"
 
     # The regex should ensure a path starts and ends with a '/' and it should limit the allowed set of characters
-    base.set _COMPOSITION_HOME "$(head -n 1 "${_COMPOSITION_HOME_FILE}" 2> /dev/null)" "${REGEX[FULLDIRPATH]}" optional
+    base.set _COMPOSITION_HOME "$(head -n 1 "${_COMPOSITION_HOME_FILE}" 2> /dev/null)" "${REGEX[DIRPATH]}" optional
     readonly _COMPOSITION _COMPOSITION_FILE_BACKUP _COMPOSITION_HOME _COMPOSITION_HOME_FILE
 
     local _COMPOSITION_FILE