diff --git a/plugins/rsyncd/index.py b/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
index eb4d7016c..7359c4d83 100755
--- a/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
+++ b/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ def getLog():
 def initConf():
     conf_path = appConf()
     conf = public.readFile(conf_path)
-    conf = re.sub('^#(.*)', '', conf)
+
+    compile_sub = re.compile('^#(.*)',re.M)
+    conf = compile_sub.sub('', conf)
     conf_tpl_path = getPluginDir() + '/conf/rsyncd.conf'
     if conf.strip() == '':
         content = public.readFile(conf_tpl_path)