diff --git a/manage b/manage
index 58bafae01..49bfca4b0 100755
--- a/manage
+++ b/manage
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ PY_SETUP_EXTRAS='[test]'
 GECKODRIVER_VERSION="v0.33.0"
 # SPHINXOPTS=
 BLACK_OPTIONS=("--target-version" "py311" "--line-length" "120" "--skip-string-normalization")
-BLACK_TARGETS=("--exclude" "searx/static,searx/languages.py" "--include" 'searxng.msg|\.pyi?$' "searx" "searxng_extra" "tests")
+BLACK_TARGETS=("--exclude" "(searx/static|searx/languages.py)" "--include" 'searxng.msg|\.pyi?$' "searx" "searxng_extra" "tests")
 
 _dev_redis_sock="/usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock"
 # set SEARXNG_REDIS_URL if it is not defined and "{_dev_redis_sock}" exists.