diff --git a/gramps/cli/arghandler.py b/gramps/cli/arghandler.py
index 42ea431cb..48a2149e8 100644
--- a/gramps/cli/arghandler.py
+++ b/gramps/cli/arghandler.py
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class ArgHandler(object):
             for name, dirname in sorted(self.dbman.family_tree_list(),
                                         key=lambda pair: pair[0].lower()):
                 if (self.database_names is None or 
-                    any([re.match(dbname, name) for dbname in self.database_names])):
+                    any([re.match("^" + dbname + "$", name) for dbname in self.database_names])):
                     print(_("%(full_DB_path)s with name \"%(f_t_name)s\"")
                           % {'full_DB_path' : dirname, 'f_t_name' : name})
             return