diff --git a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
index 064b3f1..5248d5b 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
@@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ function! s:setupSyntaxHighlighting()
     "highlighing for directory nodes and file nodes
     syn match NERDTreeDirSlash #/#
     syn match NERDTreeDir #[^-| `].*/# contains=NERDTreeLink,NERDTreeDirSlash,NERDTreeOpenable,NERDTreeClosable
-    syn match NERDTreeExecFile  #[|`]-.*\*\($\| \)# contains=NERDTreeLink,NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark
+    syn match NERDTreeExecFile  #[|` ].*\*\($\| \)# contains=NERDTreeLink,NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark
     syn match NERDTreeFile  #|-.*# contains=NERDTreeLink,NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark,NERDTreeExecFile
     syn match NERDTreeFile  #`-.*# contains=NERDTreeLink,NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark,NERDTreeExecFile
     syn match NERDTreeCWD #^/.*$#