diff --git a/functions/menu.sh b/functions/menu.sh
index 2d4195a0..95008b4a 100644
--- a/functions/menu.sh
+++ b/functions/menu.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ case $selection in
                     ;;
                 2 | -i)
                     read -rt 600 -p "What is the name of the application we should ignore?: " up_ignore
-                    ! [[ $up_ignore =~ ^[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?$ ]] && echo -e "Error: \"$up_ignore\" is invalid, that is not the name youre using for your application" && sleep 5 && continue
+                    ! [[ $up_ignore =~ ^[a-zA-Z]([-a-zA-Z0-9]*[a-zA-Z0-9])?$ ]] && echo -e "Error: \"$up_ignore\" is invalid, that is not the name youre using for your application" && sleep 5 && continue
                     update_selection+=("-i" "$up_ignore")
                     ;;
                 3 | -r)
diff --git a/heavy_script.sh b/heavy_script.sh
index 5d539c1d..61caec9a 100644
--- a/heavy_script.sh
+++ b/heavy_script.sh
@@ -71,15 +71,11 @@ do
         rollback="true"
         ;;
       i)
-        # Check next positional parameter
-        eval nextopt=${!OPTIND}
-        # existing or starting with dash?
-        if [[ -n $nextopt && $nextopt != -* ]] ; then
-            OPTIND=$((OPTIND + 1))
-            ignore+=("$nextopt")
-        else
-            echo "Option: \"-i\" requires an argument"
+        if ! [[ $OPTARG =~ ^[a-zA-Z]([-a-zA-Z0-9]*[a-zA-Z0-9])?$ ]]; then # Using case insensitive version of the regex used by Truenas Scale
+            echo -e "Error: \"$OPTARG\" is invalid, that is not the name youre using for your application"
             exit
+        else
+            ignore+=("$OPTARG")
         fi
         ;;
       t)