diff --git a/net/banip/Makefile b/net/banip/Makefile
index ca159c3ed0..c210c96a53 100644
--- a/net/banip/Makefile
+++ b/net/banip/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=banip
 PKG_VERSION:=0.7.10
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>
 
diff --git a/net/banip/files/banip.sh b/net/banip/files/banip.sh
index 34ebe5e46b..8672ead225 100755
--- a/net/banip/files/banip.sh
+++ b/net/banip/files/banip.sh
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ f_bgsrv() {
 			ban_search="${ban_search}luci: failed login|"
 		fi
 		if printf "%s\n" "${ban_logterms}" | grep -q "nginx"; then
-			ban_search="${ban_search}nginx\[[0-9]+\]:.*\[error\].*open().*client: [[:alnum:].:]+|"
+			ban_search="${ban_search}nginx(\[[0-9]+\])?:.*\[error\].*open().*client: [[:alnum:].:]+|"
 		fi
 		(
 			"${ban_logservice}" "${ban_search%?}" &