diff --git a/docs/docs.md b/docs/docs.md
index 16c9198..45c47a5 100644
--- a/docs/docs.md
+++ b/docs/docs.md
@@ -563,6 +563,23 @@ dmenu compatibility can be achieved using these arguments:
 There are more options, that can be set in the configuration file but not using
 arguments passed to spmenu.
 
+## Matching
+
+`printf "Apple\nPear\nBanana\n" | spmenu`
+
+With the default configuration, typing in `Apple`, `apple`, `aPpLe` and `pple`
+will match `Apple` in this example. Matching is case insensitive, and fuzzy
+matching is enabled by default. You can disable fuzzy matching and enable
+case sensitivity using arguments, or by enabling it in the configuration.
+
+`printf "1 Apple\nOne Apple\n" | spmenu`
+
+spmenu also supports regex matching, but it is not enabled by default. Therefore,
+typing in `[0-9]` will return no matches. In the default configuration, you can
+press Ctrl+r to enable regex matching. Now typing in `[0-9]` will return the
+`1 Apple` entry, but not the `One Apple` entry. Of course, more advanced
+regex can be used as well.
+
 ## Keybinds
 
 You can set keybinds through the config file. A default config file is available
@@ -791,6 +808,7 @@ These are the default keybinds. You can generate these yourself from a
 | 0                  | Ctrl               | p                  | navhistory         | -1                 |
 | 0                  | Ctrl               | n                  | navhistory         | +1                 |
 | 1                  | 0                  | Escape             | switchmode         | 0                  |
+| 1                  | Ctrl               | r                  | toggleregex        | 0                  |
 
 ## .Xresources
 
diff --git a/docs/example.Xresources b/docs/example.Xresources
index 2920469..48af00f 100644
--- a/docs/example.Xresources
+++ b/docs/example.Xresources
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ spmenu.caretpadding:        0
 spmenu.type:                1
 spmenu.passwd:              0
 spmenu.fuzzy:               1
-spmenu.regex:               1
+spmenu.regex:               0
 spmenu.sortmatches:         1
 spmenu.mark:                1
 spmenu.casesensitive:       0
diff --git a/docs/spmenu.conf b/docs/spmenu.conf
index 3c23b84..9c12480 100644
--- a/docs/spmenu.conf
+++ b/docs/spmenu.conf
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ spmenu = {
              input                = ""; // Input text (text)
              normal               = "Normal"; // Normal mode text (text)
              insert               = "Insert"; // Insert mode text (text)
+             regex                = "Regex"; // Insert mode text when regex is enabled (text)
              capslockon           = "Caps Lock"; // Caps Lock On text (text)
              capslockoff          = ""; // Caps Lock Off text (text)
            } );
@@ -170,8 +171,8 @@ spmenu = {
   /* Match options */
   match = ( { sort                = 1; // Sort items (0/1)
               casesensitive       = 0; // Enable case sensitivity when matching (0/1)
-              fuzzy               = 1; // Enable fuzzy finding (0/1)
-              regex               = 1; // Enable regex matching (0/1)
+              fuzzy               = 1; // Enable fuzzy finding by default (0/1)
+              regex               = 0; // Enable regex matching by default (0/1)
               preselected         = 0; // Preselect an item, 0 is the first item (number)
               mark                = 1; // Allow marking/selecting multiple items (0/1)
               delimiters          = " /?\"&[]"; // Word delimiter, used to delete words (text)
@@ -301,6 +302,7 @@ spmenu = {
            { mode = -1; modifier = "Ctrl+Shift";     key = "p";         function = "setprofile";      argument = "0";   },  // Ctrl+Shift+p: Open profile menu
            { mode = -1; modifier = "None";           key = "PrintScr";  function = "screenshot";      argument = "0";   },  // Print Screen: Screenshot spmenu
            { mode = 1;  modifier = "None";           key = "Esc";       function = "switchmode";      argument = "0";   },  // Escape: Switch mode
+           { mode = 1;  modifier = "Ctrl";           key = "r";         function = "toggleregex";     argument = "0";   },  // Ctrl+r: Toggle regex matching
            { mode = 0;  modifier = "None";           key = "i";         function = "switchmode";      argument = "0";   },  // i: Switch mode
            { mode = 0;  modifier = "Ctrl";           key = "=";         function = "setimgsize";      argument = "+1";  },  // Ctrl+=: Increase image size by 1
            { mode = 0;  modifier = "Ctrl";           key = "-";         function = "setimgsize";      argument = "-1";  },  // Ctrl+-: Decrease image size by 1
diff --git a/libs/arg.c b/libs/arg.c
index 732a905..082c03a 100644
--- a/libs/arg.c
+++ b/libs/arg.c
@@ -510,6 +510,13 @@ void setprofile(Arg *arg) {
     }
 }
 
+void toggleregex(Arg *arg) {
+    regex = !regex;
+
+    match();
+    drawmenu();
+}
+
 void switchmode(Arg *arg) {
     if (sp.forceinsertmode) {
         return;
diff --git a/libs/arg.h b/libs/arg.h
index f2260af..58acada 100644
--- a/libs/arg.h
+++ b/libs/arg.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static void quit(Arg *arg);
 static void complete(Arg *arg);
 static void setimgsize(Arg *arg);
 static void toggleimg(Arg *arg);
+static void toggleregex(Arg *arg);
 static void defaultimg(Arg *arg);
 static void flipimg(Arg *arg);
 static void setimgpos(Arg *arg);
diff --git a/libs/conf/config.c b/libs/conf/config.c
index 99afe8f..e19243e 100644
--- a/libs/conf/config.c
+++ b/libs/conf/config.c
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ void conf_init(void) {
             if (config_setting_lookup_string(conf, "insert", &dest))
                 instext = strdup(dest);
 
+            if (config_setting_lookup_string(conf, "regex", &dest))
+                regextext = strdup(dest);
+
             if (config_setting_lookup_string(conf, "input", &dest))
                 input = strdup(dest);
         }
diff --git a/libs/conf/config.h b/libs/conf/config.h
index 86f9db8..f001955 100644
--- a/libs/conf/config.h
+++ b/libs/conf/config.h
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ static FuncList fl[] = {
     { "screenshot",     screenshot },
     { "setcolumns",     setcolumns },
     { "togglehighlight",togglehighlight },
+    { "toggleregex",    toggleregex },
     { "setprofile",     setprofile },
     { "switchmode",     switchmode },
     { "spawn",          spawn },
diff --git a/libs/draw.c b/libs/draw.c
index 79309b8..ed74ddf 100644
--- a/libs/draw.c
+++ b/libs/draw.c
@@ -567,6 +567,13 @@ void drawmenu_layer(void) {
     int x = 0, y = 0, w = 0;
     sp.plw = hidepowerline ? 0 : draw->font->h / 2 + 1; // powerline size
 
+    sp_strncpy(tx.modetext, sp.mode ? instext : normtext, sizeof(tx.modetext));
+
+#if USEREGEX
+    if (regex && regextext && sp.mode) {
+        sp_strncpy(tx.modetext, regextext, sizeof(tx.modetext));
+    }
+#endif
 
     // draw menu first using menu scheme
     draw_rect(draw, 0, 0, sp.mw, sp.mh, 1, 1, col_menu, col_menu, alpha_menu, alpha_menu);
diff --git a/libs/keybinds.h b/libs/keybinds.h
index 744fb97..ed4687a 100644
--- a/libs/keybinds.h
+++ b/libs/keybinds.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static Key keys[] = {
 
     /* insert mode */
     { 1,       0,              XK_Escape,    switchmode,      {0} },
+    { 1,       Ctrl,           XK_r,         toggleregex,     {0} },
 };
 #endif
 
@@ -123,5 +124,6 @@ static WlKey wl_keys[] = {
 
     /* insert mode */
     { 1,       WL_None,              XKB_KEY_Escape,    switchmode,      {0} },
+    { 1,       WL_Ctrl,              XKB_KEY_r,         toggleregex,     {0} },
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/libs/options.h b/libs/options.h
index eecd3aa..38c7cea 100644
--- a/libs/options.h
+++ b/libs/options.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static char *screenshotdir             = NULL; /* Screenshot file directory. If
 static int mode                        = 0; /* Mode to start speedwm in (0: Normal mode, 1: Insert mode) */
 static char *normtext                  = "Normal"; /* Text to display for normal mode */
 static char *instext                   = "Insert"; /* Text to display for insert mode */
+static char *regextext                 = "Regex"; /* Text to display for insert mode when regex is enabled */
 static char *capslockontext            = "Caps Lock"; /* Text to display for the caps lock indicator when caps lock is on */
 static char *capslockofftext           = ""; /* Text to display for the caps lock indicator when caps lock is off */
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ static int casesensitive               = 0; /* Case-sensitive by default? (0/1)
 static int mark                        = 1; /* Enable marking items (multi selection) (0/1) */
 static int preselected                 = 0; /* Which line should spmenu preselect? */
 static int fuzzy                       = 1; /* Whether or not to enable fuzzy matching by default */
-static int regex                       = 1; /* Whether or not to enable regex matching by default */
+static int regex                       = 0; /* Whether or not to enable regex matching by default */
 static char *listfile                  = NULL; /* File to read entries from instead of stdin. NULL means read from stdin instead. */
 
 /* Line options */
diff --git a/libs/theme/theme.c b/libs/theme/theme.c
index 2cb64ae..2e922cc 100644
--- a/libs/theme/theme.c
+++ b/libs/theme/theme.c
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ void theme_load(void) {
             if (config_setting_lookup_string(conf, "capslockoff", &dest))
                 capslockofftext = strdup(dest);
 
+            if (config_setting_lookup_string(conf, "regex", &dest))
+                regextext = strdup(dest);
+
             if (config_setting_lookup_string(conf, "input", &dest))
                 input = strdup(dest);
         }
diff --git a/spmenu.1 b/spmenu.1
index b84663e..b9ed9b9 100644
--- a/spmenu.1
+++ b/spmenu.1
@@ -593,6 +593,26 @@ Set the selected foreground color
 .PP
 There are more options, that can be set in the configuration file but
 not using arguments passed to spmenu.
+.SS Matching
+.PP
+\f[V]printf \[dq]Apple\[rs]nPear\[rs]nBanana\[rs]n\[dq] | spmenu\f[R]
+.PP
+With the default configuration, typing in \f[V]Apple\f[R],
+\f[V]apple\f[R], \f[V]aPpLe\f[R] and \f[V]pple\f[R] will match
+\f[V]Apple\f[R] in this example.
+Matching is case insensitive, and fuzzy matching is enabled by default.
+You can disable fuzzy matching and enable case sensitivity using
+arguments, or by enabling it in the configuration.
+.PP
+\f[V]printf \[dq]1 Apple\[rs]nOne Apple\[rs]n\[dq] | spmenu\f[R]
+.PP
+spmenu also supports regex matching, but it is not enabled by default.
+Therefore, typing in \f[V][0-9]\f[R] will return no matches.
+In the default configuration, you can press Ctrl+r to enable regex
+matching.
+Now typing in \f[V][0-9]\f[R] will return the \f[V]1 Apple\f[R] entry,
+but not the \f[V]One Apple\f[R] entry.
+Of course, more advanced regex can be used as well.
 .SS Keybinds
 .PP
 You can set keybinds through the config file.
@@ -1326,6 +1346,17 @@ switchmode
 T}@T{
 0
 T}
+T{
+1
+T}@T{
+Ctrl
+T}@T{
+r
+T}@T{
+toggleregex
+T}@T{
+0
+T}
 .TE
 .SS .Xresources
 .PP