diff --git a/src/pocketmine/utils/Config.php b/src/pocketmine/utils/Config.php
index d383e05c7..13d47f4d8 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/utils/Config.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/utils/Config.php
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ class Config{
 	 * @param string $content
 	 */
 	private function parseProperties(string $content){
-		if(preg_match_all('/([a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.]+)[ \t]*=([^\r\n]*)/u', $content, $matches) > 0){ //false or 0 matches
+		if(preg_match_all('/^\s*([a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.]+)[ \t]*=([^\r\n]*)/um', $content, $matches) > 0){ //false or 0 matches
 			foreach($matches[1] as $i => $k){
 				$v = trim($matches[2][$i]);
 				switch(strtolower($v)){