diff --git a/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh b/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh
index f78e96ce361c157d3c05e64d4049d6436b914a32..af27e669a63ce1fdb56fc45ea2014dacc019eef4 100644
--- a/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function asp {
 }
 
 function aws_profiles {
-  reply=($(grep profile "${AWS_CONFIG_FILE:-$HOME/.aws/config}"|sed -e 's/.*profile \([a-zA-Z0-9_\.-]*\).*/\1/'))
+  reply=($(grep '\[profile' "${AWS_CONFIG_FILE:-$HOME/.aws/config}"|sed -e 's/.*profile \([a-zA-Z0-9_\.-]*\).*/\1/'))
 }
 compctl -K aws_profiles asp