diff --git a/src/switch_regex.c b/src/switch_regex.c
index d613cda16a..c2d595a22a 100644
--- a/src/switch_regex.c
+++ b/src/switch_regex.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_regex_perform(const char *field, const char *expressi
 							ovector,	/* vector of integers for substring information */
 							olen);	/* number of elements (NOT size in bytes) */
 
+
 	if (match_count <= 0) {
 		switch_regex_safe_free(re);
 		match_count = 0;
@@ -145,7 +146,12 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_perform_substitution(switch_regex_t *re, int match_c
 			}
 			index[z++] = '\0';
 			z = 0;
-			num = atoi(index);
+			if (match_count > 1) {
+				int offset = match_count - 2;
+				num = atoi(index) + offset;
+			} else {
+				num = atoi(index);
+			}
 
 			if (pcre_copy_substring(field_data, ovector, match_count, num, replace, sizeof(replace)) > 0) {
 				switch_size_t r;