diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/cameltooling/lsp/internal/parser/CamelEIPParser.java b/src/main/java/com/github/cameltooling/lsp/internal/parser/CamelEIPParser.java
index 2f194b81d..bf8e4e425 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/cameltooling/lsp/internal/parser/CamelEIPParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/cameltooling/lsp/internal/parser/CamelEIPParser.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public CamelEIPParser(TextDocumentItem textDocumentItem) {
 	}
 
 	public boolean canPutEIP(Position position) {
-		Pattern CHOICE_EIP_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\)\\s*.[c[h[o[i[c[e]?]?]?]?]?]?\\(?$", Pattern.MULTILINE);
+		Pattern CHOICE_EIP_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\)\\s*[.[c[h[o[i[c[e]?]?]?]?]?]?]?\\(?$", Pattern.MULTILINE);
 		ParserFileHelperUtil util = new ParserFileHelperUtil();
 		String textUntilPosition = util.getTextUntilPosition(document, position);