diff --git a/latexrun b/latexrun
index b669d9f..80d68ec 100755
--- a/latexrun
+++ b/latexrun
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ class LaTeX(Task):
         pages of output.
         """
         jobname = outname = None
-        for m in re.finditer(r'^Transcript written on "?(.*)\.log"?\.$', stdout,
+        for m in re.finditer(r'^Transcript written on "?(.*?)\.log"?\.$', stdout,
                              re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL):
             jobname = m.group(1).replace('\n', '')
         if jobname is None: