diff --git a/plugins/stats.lua b/plugins/stats.lua
index ccdd2c3..e6d36b6 100644
--- a/plugins/stats.lua
+++ b/plugins/stats.lua
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ return {
   description = "Plugin to update user stats.", 
   usage = "!stats: Returns a list of Username [telegram_id]: msg_num",
   patterns = {
-    ".*",
-    "^!(stats)"
+    "^!(stats)",
+    ".*"
     }, 
   run = run 
 }
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end