diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py
index 456561bcc..5049b870e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class OpenloadIE(InfoExtractor):
raise ExtractorError('File not found', expected=True)
code = self._search_regex(
- r'\s*\s*',
webpage, 'JS code')
decoded = self.openload_decode(code)