diff --git a/config.el b/config.el
index 4267dd9..81fe97c 100644
--- a/config.el
+++ b/config.el
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       password-cache-expiry nil ; Trust your computers.
       scroll-margin 2           ; It's nice to maintain a little margin
       window-resize-pixelwise t
+      reb-re-syntax 'string ; Normalize Emacs regexps
       )
 ;;; (setq auth-sources "~/.authinfo.gpg")
 ;;;(setq auth-sources
@@ -670,6 +671,9 @@
   (setq ledger-binary-path "hledger.sh")
   (setq ledger-default-date-format "%Y-%m-%d"))
 
+;; ================
+;; Helper functions
+;; ================
 (defun my/org-hugo-link-vanilla-markdown (link desc info)
   "Render org links as vanilla Markdown links instead of Hugo relref."
   (let* ((type (org-element-property :type link))