diff --git a/src/SQLiteSyntaxHighlighter.cpp b/src/SQLiteSyntaxHighlighter.cpp
index de4b3fea..f2afc960 100644
--- a/src/SQLiteSyntaxHighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/SQLiteSyntaxHighlighter.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void SQLiteSyntaxHighlighter::setTableNames(const QStringList &tablenames)
     tableNameRules.clear();
     foreach(const QString& tblname, tablenames) {
         HighlightingRule rule;
-        rule.pattern = QRegExp(tblname);
+        rule.pattern = QRegExp(QString("\\b%1\\b").arg(tblname));
         rule.format = tableFormat;
         tableNameRules.append(rule);
     }