diff --git a/src/script.c b/src/script.c
index 9cb5baa..76b5933 100644
--- a/src/script.c
+++ b/src/script.c
@@ -58,22 +58,15 @@ static char script_init[] =
 "end\n"
 "tio.expect = function(pattern, timeout)\n"
 "    local str = ''\n"
-"    if type(pattern) ~= 'table' then\n"
-"        pattern = { pattern }\n"
-"    end\n"
 "    while true do\n"
-"        local idx, pat\n"
 "        local c = tio.read(1, timeout)\n"
 "        if c then\n"
 "            str = str .. c\n"
-"            for idx, pat in ipairs(pattern) do\n"
-"                local matched = { string.match(str, pat) }\n"
-"                if matched[1] then\n"
-"                    return matched, str, idx\n"
-"                end\n"
+"            if string.match(str, pattern) then\n"
+"                return string.match(str, pattern)\n"
 "            end\n"
 "        else\n"
-"            return nil, str, 0\n"
+"            return nil, str\n"
 "        end\n"
 "    end\n"
 "end\n"