--- wp-includes/rewrite.php	2010-10-25 23:51:25.000000000 -0500
+++ wp-includes/rewrite.php.new	2010-10-25 23:42:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@
 		$this->use_trailing_slashes = ( '/' == substr($this->permalink_structure, -1, 1) );
 
 		// Enable generic rules for pages if permalink structure doesn't begin with a wildcard.
-		if ( preg_match("/^[%]*%(?:postname|category|tag|author)%/", $this->permalink_structure) )
+		if ( preg_match("/^%(?:postname|category|tag|author)%/", $this->permalink_structure) )
 			 $this->use_verbose_page_rules = true;
 		else
 			$this->use_verbose_page_rules = false;