diff --git a/scripts/todolist b/scripts/todolist
index b37dd75..7fec811 100755
--- a/scripts/todolist
+++ b/scripts/todolist
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fi
 if git rev-parse --show-toplevel &>/dev/null; then
 	$GREP_CMD "^[[:space:]]*[#/\";-]*[[:space:]]*TODO:" . \
 		| expand \
-		| sed -r 's/([[:digit:]]):/\1:@@ /' \
+		| sed -E 's/([[:digit:]]):/\1:@@ /' \
 		| tr -s ' ' \
 		| column -t -s '@@'
 fi