diff --git a/scripts/pi-hole/php/groups.php b/scripts/pi-hole/php/groups.php
index 157fc50b3..da95aabbf 100644
--- a/scripts/pi-hole/php/groups.php
+++ b/scripts/pi-hole/php/groups.php
@@ -640,15 +640,9 @@ function verify_ID_array($arr)
                 }
             }
 
-            if(isset($_POST['type']) && strlen($_POST['type']) === 2 && $_POST['type'][1] === 'W')
-            {
-                // Apply wildcard-style formatting
-                $domain = "(\\.|^)".str_replace(".","\\.",$domain)."$";
-            }
-
-            if($type === ListType::whitelist || $type === ListType::blacklist)
+            if( $_POST['type'] != '2' && $_POST['type'] != '3')
             {
-                // If adding to the exact lists, we convert the domain lower case and check whether it is valid
+                // If not adding a RegEx, we convert the domain lower case and check whether it is valid
                 $domain = strtolower($domain);
                 $msg = "";
                 if(!validDomain($domain, $msg))
@@ -664,6 +658,12 @@ function verify_ID_array($arr)
                 }
             }
 
+            if(isset($_POST['type']) && strlen($_POST['type']) === 2 && $_POST['type'][1] === 'W')
+            {
+                // Apply wildcard-style formatting
+                $domain = "(\\.|^)".str_replace(".","\\.",$domain)."$";
+            }
+
             // First try to delete any occurrences of this domain if we're in
             // replace mode. Only do this when the domain to be replaced is in
             // the default group! Otherwise, we would shuffle group settings and
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ function verify_ID_array($arr)
 
             if (!$stmt->execute()) {
                 if ($db->lastErrorCode() == 19) {
-                    // ErrorCode 19 is "Constraint violation", here the unique constraint of `address` 
+                    // ErrorCode 19 is "Constraint violation", here the unique constraint of `address`
                     //   is violated (https://www.sqlite.org/rescode.html#constraint).
                     // If the list is already in database, add to ignored list, but don't throw error
                     $ignored++;